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For those of you who want to root your AT&T(or Bell, Telus, Rogers) Galaxy Note SGH-i717, here’s a “universal” method that will root any JellyBean, ICS and Gingerbread.
UPDATE: (8/12/2012) Users have confirmed this root method works fine on the new T-Mobile Galaxy Note SGH-T879!
This root method is completely safe, does not erase any of your personal settings/apps, and anyone can do it.
This method is using Windows only but I will have tutorial coming soon for Mac OSX and Linux (so please check back).
Step 1. You will need to first put your Galaxy Note into downloading mode, so go ahead and hold down Volume Down and Power button together for about 10 seconds.
Step 2. When your phone reset, keep holding down the Volume Down button but let go of the Power button. (You will feel a little vibration when your phone resets and your screen will turn black also.)
Step 3. Once you see the warning screen like below, hit the Volume Up button to enter Downloading mode.
Step 4. Connect a micro-USB cable from your phone to your Windows computer.
Step 5. Make sure your phone shows up as “Samsung Mobile USB CDC Composite Device” under Device Manager. If not, simply install Samsung Kies and you will see it.
Step 6. Download ATTGalaxyNoteRootICS.zip and unzip into a folder. (Don’t have unzipping program? Download and install 7Zip first.)
You will find 4 files. Run odin3v1.85.exe file by double-clicking on it.
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Step 7. Next, you should see the ODIN program come up with a yellow highlighted COM. If you do, you are ready to go.
Step 8. Choose PDA and choose the file “odin_ni717_cwm_recovery_b4.tar”.
Step 9. Hit “Start” and this will flash ClockworkMod Recovery on your Galaxy Note.
Step 10. Reboot your phone and copy over the file Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip to the internal storage or SD card of your Galaxy Note.
Step 11. You will now reboot into ClockworkMod Recovery. Hold down Volume Up, Volume Down, and Power button together for about 10 seconds.
Step 12. When your phone resets (you will feel little vibration and the screen will turn off), keep holding down the Volume Down button but let go of the Power button.
Step 13. Once in ClockworkMod Recovery, choose “install zip from sdcard” using the Volume buttons and hit the Power button to select.
Step 14. Choose “choose zip from sdcard” or “choose zip from internal sdcard” depending on where you copied over the Superuser zip file earlier.
Step 15. Choose “Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip”.
Step 16. Choose “Yes”.
Step 17. This will root your phone by installing SU binaries (which gives you root) and SuperUser app (which allows apps to make use of root). If you get any errors at this point, don’t worry about it and repeat Steps 13 to Step 16 twice more and reboot. You will still get root.
Step 18. Reboot and you should find that your Galaxy Note SGH-i717 has been rooted with SuperUser app.
Congratulations! That was easy right? Not everyone can jailbreak an iPhone but anyone can root a Galaxy Note.
Having problems?
With Android 4.0.4 update, your phone might overwrite the ClockworkMod Recovery you flashed in ODIN.
To get around the problem, simply flash ClockworkMod Recovery again in ODIN, then when you see “PASS!”, immediately hold down Volume Up and Volume Down buttons, you should be in ClockworkMod Recovery instead of the Belly-up Andy Android figure.
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Awesome! I downloaded this rom and flashed it this afternoon from rootwiki and like a hero you put up the root method already. Only issue is the download links dont seem to be working on your site tonight, I ll try back tomorrow. GREAT JOB! thanks so much.
Where are the files to download? Your instructions seem very easy but it would help if we had the zip file. thanks again.
Sorry I am an idiot!
Right here:
http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/GalaxyNote/rooting/ATTGalaxyNoteRootICS.zip
How well does the rooted/radioed/rom’ed version of AT&T note run on TMobile? I use wifi calling a lot because of my shielded roof. Or would I be better served waiting for the TMobile version to come out?
I need your help plz i tried this but was unable to do it instead of my phone turning on it just stayed on the black screen and says samsung like when its powering on but never does plz help
Do you have an i717?
I have the same problem. Yes, it is an i717. Please help!
Try reflashing the tar file make sure it says success.
On step 15 when I click “Superuser-3.0.7…” i get a message saying
E:failed to seek in /tmp/sideload/package.zip (Invalid argument)
E:signature verification failed
Try fixing your permissions from the advanced menu ClockworkMod Recovery. Worked for me….
help plz i tried this but was unable to do it instead of my phone turning on it just stayed on the black screen and says samsung like when its powering on but never does plz help
dude like i don’t know how to unzip these files…you skipped that part. second i downloaded the file and its on my computer 20 freakin times. how do i properly remove these with out damging the one i need and….i just need help…do you have a number or something….im lost and frustrated!! PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can this work on shve160s korean version.
Sorry not for Korean version.
How i can copy over the file Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip to the internal storage or SD. Can you tell me more details to make it? thanks
Connect your phone as a USB disk driver, copy over. Think simple! 🙂
Thanks for everything bro, you are the best at this sh#$, the only problem now is that I cant download the ZIP file, please help!
I need HELP!! I installed the ICS ROM on my phone, everything was working fine (the phone was running on GSM network) until I rooted the phone , It said that there wasnt any SIM Card inserted and I couldnt turn the mobile network on, so I had to flash it back to Saurom ROM in order for it to work! Im a Tmobile user!
Pleasee HELP ME 🙁
Are you using TMOBILE or Another network?
it takes some time for it to register it took me 5 minutes the first time i did it
I think we are waitign on cwmr
Beast “high on android” hi siri/ hi andrew
downloads are not working…
Where are the files you say to download?
where do you download ATTGalaxyNoteRootICS.zip???
use the same files as if you are rooting on gingerbread
Max–You didn’t include the files for download? Can you PLEASE post them? Thanks!
Just 2 items:
Step 12, When your phone resets (you will feel little vibration and the screen will turn off), keep holding down the Volume Down AND Volume Up button but let go of the Power button.
I had to download Superuser-3.0.7-d-signed.zip from http://androidsu.com/superuser/. The one in your zip file kept failing.
Thanks Max! You made it soooo easy.
Onto a custom ROM 🙂
Thanks. I was having trouble figuring that one out!
Good looking out on the instructions to hold down Volume Up AND Volume Down. That did the trick.
I got an Error while flashing with odin
When you wrote AT&T how can i check if your great tutorials also run for my Version out of Germany ?
Direct byed without Branding
Kernel Version 2.6.35.7-N7000XXLC1-CL1003701
Build Number
GINGERBREAD.XXLC1
I am new in this and it´s the phone from my wife ….. ! 🙂
Does this method increase the flash counter?
Yes. If that’s a concern, look elsewhere.
Hi There,
After installing ICS and trying to use Tmobile SGH-T989_VKL1_radio_ATTNOTE.
I lost my IMEI, it is gone! Could I flash back to Gingerbread?
It was Rooted and installed ClockworkMod Recovery.
Need help.
Hey, i just successfully flashed my stocked aat rom into the ics rom leaked and i was about to install the tmobile modem in order to get 4g speed but came acrossed your post so i had a second thought of doing it (scary….lol). So, what do you mean by your IMEI is gone after installing the tmobile modem?
Yeah it was gone! I did restore using Roger ( Canadian Telephone Co.).
I’ve got everything back using Gingerbread not ICS.
I’m able to run T Mobile 4G without any problem.
where did you get rogers stock rom?
“Congratulations! That was easy right? Not everyone can jailbreak an iPhone but anyone can root a Galaxy Note.”
You must not have jailbroken an iPhone since 2007. They are always a simple one-click jailbreak, easier than this was bay far, unless you want a full custom firmware which is more than 95% of users want or need.
Does this increase the binary counter?
hih..ot question. how come when i used instagram it freezes and it reboots.i dont know why.thanks!
Has anyone figured out how to create a mobile hotspot without purchasing the tethering plan from at&t? I rooted my device and had the capibility before I installed the ics leak. Now it doesn’t work unless I purchase the plan.
Download titanium backup, your phone must be rooted first…
does this work for Android 2.3.6?
It does… Its written on the title itself…
Kem, are you looking for Wireless Tether? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=android.tether
Hi, Can this method be used for GT-N7000 ?
No, it says at&t galaxy note only… The steps on how to root the international galaxy note is on the other topic on this site.
Hi..do u have any link for root for samsung galaxy LTE GT-N7005…pls i needed to root my phone
Does the S Pen still work with Root/ROMs??
Please, where is the MAC OSX tutorial coming?? I need help
did you ever find the links for rooting the i717 with a mac???
once again his methods do no not work ….i flashed the leaked ICS earlier now im trying to root…phone will not boot in cw recovery mode after i use odin to install…i dunno where this guy gets his your tutorials from but if i were you guys i would just stick with the xda forums this guy is an idiot
I tried a leaked ICS rom on my Bionic and couldn’t get it to work either. I found a ICS ROM that had been tweaked and such and got that to load, but the 3g, 4g, and wifi didn’t work 90% of the time. Its the roms, not the guy.
Side note, does the S Pen work with root/ROMs? I really want to buy one but haven’t found any info about if the S-Pen works once another ROM is running
One more thing, why would you install it on your droid bionic? This tutorial is for AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note exclusively… Do you know how to read right? F.Y.I: “You are here—–Rootgalaxynote.com”
Are you that stupid? Just because you can’t follow a tutorial doesn’t mean you have to go off on people. Go here, droidbionicroot.com its the same guy with tutorials and roms for the Bionic. On THAT SITE, there was a link for a leaked ICS Bionic ROM. The ROM didn’t work well with any of my data connections (3g, 4g, wifi). Just because you’re an idiot doesn’t mean everyone is. I was trying to be helpful and say most of the ICS leaked roms are very buggy. Just go to another rom until ICS hits the Note.
why are you talking crap on someone who is on so many different rooting websites and has helped so many people? roms are constantly changing and rooting is not always perfect. it almost never goes the way you want it to. but i give him props for always trying to help answer all different kinds of questions. lets see YOU on a website giving people better tutorials before you open your mouth and complain..i bet you wouldnt help anyone except to say “oh go on xda forums”…
You must be doing the wrong way… I successfully installed the is Rom the 1st day the tutorial was posted here…
Hey I want to buy an unlocked Galaxy Note. I’ve been on these sites and such to see if anyone knows if the “S-Pen” still works once you root/install roms before I drop $700 on one. I assume yours is rooted with a rom running… does the S-Pen (stylus) still work?
Thanks in advance for taking the time to respond
Who in the world would flashed any ROM before rooting the phone first…Now who’s talking IDIOT?
Flash* not flashed. You really are an idiot, can’t even use proper grammar.
Can you lower your tone a bit? It’s just a bit disturbing how you talk to others on here. Thank you!
I apologize. I asked a question and he was quite rude so I spoke out. But can you tell me if the S Pen and software for it works with ROMs/Root?
PAST TENSE A ****!
You would still say flash…. Dummy
do i have to unroot saurmrom first to do this
If you are using saurom rom already it means you are rooted. These tutorial is the other method for un-rooted at&t galaxy note.
AWESOME!!!!!! Bye, Bye AT&T crapware!
I’m totally new to the flashing and rooting world but I did the odin install of the ICS leak on my phone….it erased everything that I had on the device and now its very buggy. A lot of force closes and freezes. Can any one offer any suggestions on what I should do to improve the performance? Should I reinstall the ROM using this method? Also is there any way to get back my old media/settings/apps or is that gone for good? I wouldn’t even mind going back to the stock gingerbread at&t rom if it means I can get back the usability of my phone. I really miss the big swype keyboard too. 🙁 Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Follow this link: https://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-note-i717/how-to-unrootunbrick-att-galaxy-note-sgh-i717-android-2-3-6/
Just download a different ROM and install it. The problem is the vast majority of ICS ROMs are very buggy. As for Swype, you can go to Swype.com and install it to your phone
Thanks I’ll try that.
hey can anybody please help im totaly new to rooting followed this viedo and got all the way to step 7 i cant get odin to stay open i can see it for like a second see the yellow box in it highlited like on video but disapers in a second i no im a dummy when it comes to this what am i doin wrong can anybody please help thanks
i am having the same problem. i dont know what to do
i remember i had trouble with odin when plugged into my usb hub. plugged DIRECTLY into computer and problem went away
yes that can work.
rj … hi…i tried a bunch of ways to try to get oden to stay open so i can root my gnote still no luck oden just wont say on just keeps flashing off..how bout u any luck ?
I just downloaded the zip file and I am having the same issue. The oden3.ini dialogue box comes up, I click “OK” then the program will flash on the screen and immediately disappear. Please provide advice on how to resolve this issue.
Are u using odin v185?
Yes: I downloaded from the link in the instructions above and from the link in the answer below: http://stockroms.net/file/Tools/ODIN/Odin3v185.zip
I’m using the Rogers (Canadian) version of Galaxy Note, the model number is slightly different SGH-i717R. I’ve done all the steps and seeing “”install complete, enjoy!””, HOWEVER, I still couldn’t uninstall the craps apps came with the Rogers ROM; not even the bookmarks… when I delete the Rogers crap bookmarks, it’sll say “This bookmark cannot be deleted”. Question: What does this ROOT do if I can’t even do delete the bookmarks…. any input is greatly appreciately. Thank you for reading!
It depends on the ROM, some let you uninstall apps some don’t. Personally, I would google it to see if theres a trick to it
Have you tried using TiBu (Titanium Backup) to remove the bloatware?
I’m also running a Rogers Note with a Bell SIM and I am about to root and do my needed fixins’ so this should work.
I just wanted to confirm that Titanium Backup does indeed remove all of the bloatware and can allow you to uninstall all of the unwanted software or apps. You can manually remove most, but like AT&T navigation you have to use Titanium do remove it.
Hi i just came over to android and am using the sghi717 and want to root it so i can put ics on, so my question is do i need the zip file like this( ATTGalaxyNoteRootICS.zip) for telus as thats who im with.
Thanks vm
Yes. You install the zip to your computer, drag and drop to your phone, then you can go to his tutorials if you need help installing the ROM
awesome post but .
I got an Error while flashing with odin
When you wrote AT&T how can i check if your great tutorials also run for my Version out of Germany ?
Direct byed without Branding
Kernel Version 2.6.35.7-N7000XXLC1-CL1003701
Build Number
GINGERBREAD.XXLC1
thanks 🙂
does anybody no how to make odin not flash of screen
Two questions:
1) How do I remove all the AT&T bloatware from my phone after installing ICS and rooting it? (Which I love!)
2) Is free tethering enabled with the ICS ROM or do I need to enable it somehow? I’ve been afraid to try it since I was one of the ones that AT&T sent the threatening letter to about a year ago.
Overall, LOVE the ICS on my i717! VERY stable and absolutely no problems as of yet! Now if they couldjust find a way to allow it to stay connected to the internet and GPS 24/7 and still have decent battery life like my iPhone4 did… That’s my only complaint. lol
Thanks again!
Alex
just go to google play store and search “android wifi tether”. It should be the second link and has a yellow wifi type symbol. I use it all the time and just tested after i did icecreamsandwich and rooted. Enjoy.
Oh, and before someone calls me an idiot, my phone IS rooted and I DO have Titanium backup. When I go in to disable the stock tethering like it shows in the tutorial, tethering doesn’t show up. Instead, mine shows, “TetheringProvision 1.03.08.” Any ideas?
Thanks
To remove bloatware try Googling a deodex or a rom that includes deodex. You can also try going into “manage apps” and uninstalling it. As for tethering, I use the barnacle wifi tether app. Works flawlessly and I have no complaints about it
I uninstalled “TetheringProvision 1.03.08.” by mistake. Is there anyway I could get it back?
How did you get the barnacle wifi app to work?
Hello. Not new to the rooting scene (used many custom roms in the past, so rooting is fairly simple), but I have two concerns: Based on my experience with the Samsung Galaxy SII Epic 4G Touch, if the phone is rooted, you get a binary count and the yellow caution triangle on the boot screen. On my soon to arrive Galaxy Note 4G, I want to root this but without those two issues. What are your experiences with this root and do you have the same issues as I experienced on my Galaxy SII? Oh, do you have issues with both 3G and 4G LTE network speeds/connections? And the wifi, does it work as well (I heard some rooted phones have wifi issues if you try to enable that radio)? Thanks!!
Just ordered a Ceramic White Galaxy Note today from Coscto’s website $249.99 for my AT&T upgrade :), I saw your video, It’s fantastic.. Since I’m a n00b coming from the Iphone phase, I have a few questions:
How do you create a back-up of the Galaxy note?
Do I need to upgrade to ICS before creating a back-up?
Is there any difference between ICS & Gingerbread?
Will Rooting void any warranty issue’s with At&t or any other carrier?
Is it safer to keep the back-up on the phone or the microsdhc card?
Sorry, just taking some safety precautions 🙂
You root it, then you can use an app called Titanium Backup Root to back it up.
You don’t need to upgrade to ICS before backing up.
There are many HUGE differences in ICS and Gingerbread, and there way too many to list so just youtube both of them or something to see a video on both if you’re that curious (at least youtube the ICS video, but do the Gingerbread too if thats your stock OS and you don’t know all about it).
Rooting DOES void the warranty, but you can unroot very easily so you’ll be fine.
Personally, I always backup to my SD card
In step 12, to boot into CWM, you should specify hold down both up & down volume buttoms after releasing power button as your current description will boot back into Downloading mode.
I second that. Great tutorial except for that one minor bit.
at&t galaxy note flashed the ICS rom rooted according to video and everythings good to that point. i am on tmobile so i wanna flash a tmo radio. the ICS rom picks up the tmo sim card until i flash any of the tmo radios. after that the phone says theres no sim installed and in settings if i go to mobile networks i get an error to install a sim card to access mobile networks. i flashed the stock AT&T radio and it doesnt fix anything.
If i reflash the rom i can get the same results and iv duplicated it several times so its clear the tmo radios that worked in saurom or on the at&t stock rom do not work in ICS. so, is there a working radio for ICS that we can try? i really like the ICS rom it runs fast and doesnt seem to have the lag issues the stock rom has. i want to use this on tmo though so i need a working radio. any ideas or suggestions would be great. thank you.
TMoUS Samsung Galaxy S2
AT&T Galaxy note (need a working Tmobile radio to get 4g) ICS rom
i was using stock rom with the Tmo_SGH-T989_VKL1_radio but the signal and data were not very good.
less than 1mb/s usually sometimes i would get better speeds. is there a better radio for this?
FYI there is a typo in the text the video is correct:
Step 12. When your phone resets (you will feel little vibration and the screen will turn off), keep holding down the Volume Down ( Need to hold both Volume Up and Down otherwise it boots to default recovery) button but let go of the Power button.
Straightforward tutorial! Thanks for the break down step-by-step!
I need to be able to unroot so that I can run my enterprise email application (which checks for “root” as a policy). Does anyone know how I can unroot after I carry this out, restore my data using TiBu, get rid of bloatware, etc.?
Thanks all!
aus
still waiting for the mac version, as promised..
I’ll second that!
third…………….
how come only edge? no 4G network on my Tmobile
You need to download the t-mobile modem and flash it on your phone to be able to get 4G.
Does not work for me. I get FAIL error.
File analysis..
SetupConnection..
Initialzation..
Get PIT for mapping..
Firmware update start..
recovery.img
NAND Write Start!!
Complete(Write) operation failed.
All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
What can I do?
Just keep running the process until you get “complete” status… I had mine for 3 times.
I was trying many also restarting phone, computer and it worked after I plug usb cable to another usb input in my copmuter. It install the drivers again and it went with no problems…. stupid windows…
This doesn’t work with T-mobile SGH-T989_VKL1_radio_ATTNOTE?
So now that ICS is rooted on the AT&T Note, does that mean that the iMilka tablet tweak from a while back works on the AT&T model as well?
Hi,
Just bought a locked Samsung Galaxy Note, will rooting help me to unlock it?Thanks in advance
I’m unable to go on recovery mode.
Can somebody help me please.
Everything work pretty well until i have to hold button volume up/down and power and releasing power button.
I have try hundred time and cannot access recovery mode.
phone with bell (sgh i717)
hi..i root and unroot my phone but i tried to root it again and it wont go through..its stuck on odin mode..what should i do?little help please,thank you in advance
I am wondering when I tried downloading KLIES – I am wondering why now I have flip toast on my computer?
I think you are talking about GT-N7000, this is AT&T Galaxy Note SGH-i717 root, no problems like that whatsoever. There’s also new way to safely flash ICS ROMs on GT-N7000 using Abyss or FM kernel, completely safe to do but don’t give people wrong ideas, please post comments in the correct section!
Just did ice cream sandwich, rooted, got my beloved android wifi tether….everything works great. Now I’m gonna see if i can use da-g’s overclocked kernel. I’ll report my findings.
nope didn’t work. just froze up on the samsung logo. gonna throw it in download mode, redo ics then cwm then root then wait til someone comes out with an overclock for it.
Great Info. Just rooted the Note, Unlocked Sim, and change to T-Mobile. Now, how can i safely remove the unwanted pre-installed APPS or APPS build for AT&T only? Basically I try to do a clean installation just like doing it on PC… Can it be done or just have to delete apps? Please show how!!!
hi Sau,
Are you getting Tmobile 4G services on your rooted Galaxy note, how is it? Do you mind sharing your experience? I am little hesitant in following the above mentioned instructions for rooting and needs little more clarity.
Thanks,
Prav
hi can any body please tell me how to keep odin open on my screen running windows vista junk it just flashes open the shuts off please help new too rooting
Hi,
I recently bought the AT&T Galaxy note, I got it unlocked and now using T mobile services. Since this phone isnt rooted I am not able to receive T mobile4G services. I want to root this phone and I came across this site. After going through the reviews, I am not sure if someone really rooted there phone successfully and happy after rooting it using the above mentioned methods.
My question is did they above mentioned instructions really worked for you? Are you receiving 4G services on your unlocked Galaxy note, is it fast enough as compare to existing Edge speed? Please let me know, I want to use the 4G services on my galaxy phone but not sure if the above mentioned method will work for me.
Many thanks for reading and replying
Prav
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I rooted Gingerbread with this method and installed ICS for SGNote I717.
But I can’t get root on this… Does this rooting method simply not work with this version of ICS? – or am I doing something wrong. Odin finishes process with ‘Pass’, but upon reboot I see the 2 samsung logos – but then nothing…
What’s the problem here?
Just purchased a used AT&T i717 Galaxy Note running Gingerbread 2.3.6 build .UCLA1
I’m a tech savvy MAC guy with experience in embedded systems, but want to move cautiously and not brick my new phone. To that end, can you recommend any links, sites, etc. that would help bring me up to speed with tools to unlock and root my phone from a MAC?
My endgame is to have my AT&T Galaxy Note unlocked, rooted, and running 4G on T-Mobile with the $30/month pre-paid plan having unlimited Text, Web, and 100-minutes of talk per month. This plan is apparently offered only online via T-Mobile and through Walmart Stores (which require you buy a crappy phone) and Walmart online.
Any pointers you can offer for accomplishing the above from a MAC would be greatly appreciated.
You can find the tmobile activation kit on amazon for a couple bucks then activate $30 plan online with the activation kits activation number supplied. A sim card alone is not enough. I activated my used HTC Sensation doing this. I love this plan! Best cell plan EVER!
Rooting is something that solves half of the problem. You will get access to a free android smartphone and this is something that should accomplish all your goals. This is something that will gain you a lot as far as the over all user experience is concerned.
i keep getting stuck it says failed
anyone get this
Added!!
Odin v.3 engine (ID:10)..
File analysis..
SetupConnection..
Can’t open the serial(COM) port.
All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
any help is greatly appreciated
Hey Kevin,
Go to rootzwiki and download it from there. This one is old and there is a newer out there that is way better. I just flashed it and it it awesome!!!
thanks im a noob to the android samsung note do u have a direct link, if u dont mind
I rooted my Note and after two reboots phone started showing me logo carrier Rogers (splash screen) and thats it.Phone stocks on this screen.I tried to wipe using recovery mode but it didnt help.
Maybe someone had same issue as I have now?
How to open .tar file? When click the file, an unzip program pops up to extract the .tar file.
never mind. I got it. I should have clicked “PDA” button not the file directly.
Awesome tutorial thanks bro really appreciate your insight that you share so freely.
I’m totally new to the rooting. dose anybody know if it works on the new leak of ics UCLD3
Yes works on any ICS.
Max – your videos and site seem to take MUCH for granted with respect to knowledge. For example – you tell us to simply download the files you’re using in the videos, yet there are no links to them anywhere ! A Google Search doesn’t locate them. It’s very frustrating and disheartening to look to your site for guidance and knowledge ( which you obviously have much of ), yet you seem to forget that many of us are newbies with Android and our new phones. The links and files you speak of so quickly and “in-passing”, simply aren’t found. ( or found easily / with much search ).
I appreciate your great site, but would you please make certain that you’re giving us all of the files you speak of – the ROMs, the video tutorials, and the utility download files. Otherwise, it’s pointless to have a site like this up to help us unlock the promised potential of our new devices if you take for granted that everyone has everything you already have. We do not.
Thank you,
John.
Follow up to my previous post ; I finally did find the files you speak of in the videos. Pretty evasive little things within the site – that’s for sure. Anyway – thank you for posting them, Max – although without Windows, us Mac users are definitely left out in the dark. Any help for us Mac users with these files ( I know – get Boot Camp or something like that ). But seriously – any help for those of us JUST using Mac OS X ?
Wow – the Mac videos you spoke of have been long-in-coming for quite awhile now. Hmmm. No where on the Web does there seem to be AT&T Samsung Note rooting with Mac explained. ( at least that I can find )…
Any info and / or links to such info for Mac users sure would be appreciated !
Best,
John.
yes working on it sorry I am going as quickly as I can.
Hi, Thanks for your tutorial. I am getting the following error at step 9:
Added!!
Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..
File analysis..
All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
Using SGH-I717M with Bell
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Please disregard my previous message. Works like a charm now. Thank you!
In Odin,only three files download. Superuser does not show up. It shows up as an app on my phone. My phone reboots. I can not go to the next step of rebooting for the binary portion.Odin said it was successfully rooted but I cannot tether
thats fine u r probably rooted then use android wifi tether app for tethering.
Hey Max – when trying to root as recommended by you with Odin via Windows 7 in Virtual Box on my Mac, after downloading Keis and trying to reinstall the drivers, it fails telling me that it needs the Base System Device to install drivers.
What does this mean ? Keis won’t see my GNote until I can resolve this.
Any help ?
Thanks much,
John.
Not sure but turn Kies off after installing in VB. Then try it.
On this step:
“Step 12. When your phone resets (you will feel little vibration and the screen will turn off), keep holding down the Volume Down button but let go of the Power button.”
it didn’t work for me until I saw the video which said to keep holding the volume up button as well. I’m new to Android so I dunno if this was extremely obvious or not LOL but anyway, thanks for the guide!
Major fail : When following yours/Max’s tutorial on how to “simply” root my new GNote, what happens when trying to install the USB drivers from Samsung into Windows 7 :
“Samsung i717 USB Driver Install Failed in Windows 7 – No Base System Device Found.”
Until this is somehow resolved, I have no way of rooting my new Samsung Galaxy Note i717 (AT&T)
My Mac sees the new phone via Samsung Keis ( Mac ), but Windows 7 running in VirtualBox will not see it. Hence the inability to run Odin and get root with the new device…
HELP !! Now what ?!? Answers from knowledgeable persons would be SO appreciated !
Thanks much,
John.
Try installing Kies in your Windows 7 VM then. that will also install the drivers automatically, here’s Kies:
http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/Samsung/Kies_2.0.3.11082_152_4.exe
Thanks very much for the file and attempt at helping me, Max !
I had already installed Kies previously, but uninstalled it, downloaded your file link, installed into my Windows 7 VM, but still got the error ” Software install was not successful ; Base System Device driver not found “.
Same thing I got before. My Mac Kies sees the GNote just fine, but Windows refuses to see it because of the Base System Device problem.
Ideas ? A Mac-only version solution ? Very frustrating, as although I’m following your exact directions, it’s definitely not working with the Windows 7 VM route.
I’ll hope to get further solutions from you…
Thanks again,
John.
Yeah unfortunately that’s a problem beyond my scope of things, I know you can get it working with VirtualBox as someone told me they did the other day. You might be able to save time and headache by just borrowing someone’s Windows laptop, I am sure you know someone who has an extra?
Thanks, Max ; my friends are all Mac guys, so no access to a PC…
Would you mind putting the Mac method of rooting up on the site?
Please ???? It sure would solve lots of headaches and frustration out here!!!! 🙂
I have read about some really odd issues Mac’s have when trying to control hardware. Either way, try using Parallels and integrate Windows 7 with your Mac OS. Shot in the dark but it might work…
make sure you have updated to the latest VM software; also, what version of OSX are you on?
I used the VM procedure a month or so ago to root mine; running lion 10.7.2, and the later version of vm ware..
also, try a different cable to connect your phone, reboot your phone and your computer, and restart vm ware….does it show the phone in your virtual machine once you plug it in? If not, the drivers aren’t installed properly or your cable is bad..also make sure usb debugging is enabled on your phone
Hi Max,
Yep – have the lates version of VB, and Mac 10.6.8
Tried rebooting everything. Different cables even.
The Windows 7 seems to run everything else just fine in VB ; web, downloads, everything but seeing the GNote. MacOS and Mac Kies sees it just fine. Problem is with Win7 seeing it with VB.
Would love for you allow me to bypass all this convolution and just give us a Mac-only version of a rooting solution. Is there a reason why you’re not wanting to show us a Mac-only based route for this?
I’ve tried using Heimdall for Mac OSX and found that it’s not compatible so that is why but let me look into this there should be a way to do without VM.
i followed all the steps to a T, but when i try and gain root access for superuser (Su binary vnull, check for updates) it says gaining root accesss fail. Same happens with Titanium Backup. obviously my phone is not rooted, yet all steps were followed in order, multiple times. any ideas?
try reflashing superuser zip file again, sometimes it takes 2 or 3 tries.
Flashed it multiple times. Says it was successful every time, yet no root. I know this is the best method out there but I might have to try a different one
Sigh… I wish I could find a real way to root my GNote i717 with my Mac. No methods I could find on the web that work.
I’m stuck using my GNote “as is” from AT&T/Samsung. Can’t understand why there isn’t an easier way to do this.
It was easy as pie to jailbreak my former iPhone 4. How ironic that part of the reason I left iPhone for GNote was to have more customizing freedom with my new GNote. Now I can’t even “jailbreak” it, much less do anything else other than the stock apps.
Depressing.
all you have to do is load VM Ware onto your mac, and install any version of windows on it..then, use Odin to root, just like win doze users do..
I was the same way as you are when I first wanted to root, but, once I used VM ware, and installed Odin on it, it took about 5 minutes to root..
Wish this were true ; tried doing this several times as you describe, but Win7 in the VM won’t see the phone ( the Mac sees it via Keis Mac) , but Windows won’t. Tried installing Kies for Windows 7 and the Samsung USB drivers but gives an error : “Base System Device Not Found”.
Make sure you have UPDATED VMWare, and the DRIVERS that it uses first…then, reboot the virtual machine, and make sure you have installed the latest version of Kies/samsung drivers on your Virtual Machine..Reboot the VM again, and then install Odin 1.85; reboot your VM again, then plug your phone in, and start Odin, and see if it sees it then…also, try a different USB cable if you have one…
I did this on osx 10.7.2 ..good luck
Thanks for the reply ; I’m using the lastest Virtual Box to run Windows 7. Will this work ?
not sure what “virtual box” is..I know a few people. including myself, who have been successful using VM Ware
Thank you for the help ; I’ll download VMWare for Mac and reinstall Windows 7 and follow your directions… I’ll hope for the best ! 🙂
MW – Great news – it worked ! The fact that you clarified to use VMWare instead of VirtualBox made all the difference. VirtualBox does not work.
Thanks again for the great help !
-JT.
glad to help man, see you over at XDA..
I am wase4711
take care!
Thank you, mw / wase4711 See you at XDA !
All the best,
JT.
If I root my Canadian Galaxy Note (Bell) that is currently running gingerbread and use the programs listed above, will it update me to ICS or simply root my gingerbread?
It will root your GB, you can then install custom ROMs to get ICS.
is there a way to root without using kies? Im having connection issues where it continuously says connecting but doesnt go any further even with drivers successfully installed.
Thats fine so long as drivers are installed.
i clicked on odin v1.85, clicked run, then all that showed up was a small box that says odin3.ini and 7 boxes kinda like this….. odin3.ini[] [] [] [] [] [] [] …with an ok button. i click ok and it closes it. what do i do now?
where did u download odin? it should be like in the video. try this then: http://stockroms.net/file/Tools/ODIN/Odin3v185.zip
oh yeaaaaaaaah i rooted my galaxy note!!! couldnt have done it with out your easy to follow tutorial thanks max! (:
I continue to have this problem. I am using windows XP professional. I click on OK and the program quickly flashes and then goes away. any new ways on resolving this issue?
Try another computer.
My phone is still in the “downloading…” mode. how do I stop the process without messing up the phone?
Hold down power button to reset.
Thanks I’ll try another computer and see what happens.
Max,
Thanks for putting this out there for people. I hate to be a bother but, I have tried another computer and still get the same issue. I Click on the file odin3 v1.85.exe, then click on run, then I get the box that says odin3.ini [] [] [] [] [] [] [], I click “OK” the program flashes on the screen and then its gone. Any other solutions for this issue?
I got the file to run. I had to extract it first and then it ran. Now if I could just past step 12?? My phone never goes into the ClockworkMod Recover mode.
I noticed I have an extra “removed” on the odin install as compared to the one in your video. See the detail below: two lines up from “all threads Completed” Could this be why I can not get the phone into CWM Recovery?
Added!!
Odin v.3 engine (ID:7)..
File analysis..
SetupConnection..
Initialzation..
Get PIT for mapping..
Firmware update start..
recovery.img
NAND Write Start!!
RQT_CLOSE !!
RES OK !!
Removed!!
Completed..
All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)
Added!!
Removed!!
Added!!
Removed!!
Added!!
Removed!!
Added!!
Removed!!
Added!!
Looks fine to me.
Hey i cant download the zip file i kept trying and nothing works i need that zip file somebody please help meeee!!!!!!!!!!
try now, it should be working.
easiest root ever….. thanks bro
Step 13. Once in ClockworkMod Recovery, choose “install zip from sdcard” using the Volume buttons and hit the Power button to select.
** does not seem to work on my phone **
whenever I execute step 12 .. my galaxy notes goes into ODIN mode: and does not let me in cwm.
Please ignore comment above.. its working.. tx
i dont have the option install zip from sd card 🙁 how did u make it work
Try it again, it WILL WORK.
i have done it for like 6 times… and it gives me 4 op[tions
reboot
install update
clear wipe data
update something something
🙁
Okay, right after you see “PASS!” after flashing in ODIN, hold down Volume Up and Volume Down, you will enter into recovery then.
What is happening is you probably have one of the newer software versions and it will overwrite the custom recovery upon reboot.
HOLYYYYY!!!!!!!!! MAN U R THE BEST IM TELIING YA!!!!!!!!!!
i love u (no homo)
man u r my new hero
for real i wish i could pay u man HOLYY!!! 😀 😀 😀
I don’t accept money but if you could convert your iWhore friends to Android, that’s all I ask. 😉
iWhore 😛 I like what you are thinking 😉
I had my AT&T i717 but I unlock to use with T-Mobile. My question is can I still use this to root my device? (my device is still at the original Android version 2.3.6). Thanks.
Yo ! Good work man ! – I’m thinking about retiring my iPhone 4 and getting a note – quick question did the update to ice cream sandwich speed the phone up at all ? Anyone notice any lag ? – I played with the note at the AT&T store runing 2xxx and it seamed to lag – my beat up 98% full iPhone 4 seamed quite a bit more responsive – before I take the plunge I want to make sure I’m not getting a slower device – seams odd though should he really fast with 2 cores compared to my one core….
No love ? > damn haha
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Awesome….Its too easy.
Thanks
does this at&t metode work on a canadian phone from bell the zip is for at&t will it still work on bell befor i try it i want to be sure im not messing a 700$ phone 🙂 tks
Yes works for all i717 models.
Getting to recovery I followed your steps about holding both up/down vol buttons and power…then releasing the power and holding down volume but that didn’t work. You have to actually keep holding down the up/down button after letting go of the power button.
Step 7 is not working; a small message in Chinese appeared but the ODIN program never appeared.
Unzip the files first!!!
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I rooted using this method how do I unroot?? I’m wanting to get the ics update AT&T is releasing tmrw and I’m not sure I can get it if it’s rooted please help
You can unroot here: https://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-note-i717/how-to-unrootunbrick-att-galaxy-note-sgh-i717-android-2-3-6/ OR better, wait a couple days, and install rooted CWM flashable zip of the update, I will post it as soon as it’s available.
so this will work using my mac???
I would advise against unrooting with the method posted on this forum and wait. If you do, Kies will not let you upgrade to the official ICS update. From what I have read, it does not like the modem files in Max’s unrootunbrick fix. Waiting for instructions on how to get around the modem issue.
Yeah. I faced the same issue with Kies as I previously used the leaked ROM and then downgraded back to Gingerbread. I downloaded the official ROM from a forum online and flashed using the new ODIN. It works nicely. I am on 4.0.4 Baseband LF6 Build UCLF6 now.
At Step 9. Hit “Start” and this will flash ClockworkMod Recovery on your Galaxy Note, after I click Start, the end result is also a Red Box ‘FAIL!’ and the message in the message box states ‘Complete(Write) operation failed.
What should I do with this?
Try a different usb port.
i have a mac computer what do i use to unroot my galaxy note
Lost root when upgrading to official ICS IMM76D.UCLF6. Does this still work for this official ics?
@Brokn Did you wipe before upgrading to the official ICS?
hi i had rooted galaxy note and after updating to ICS with no problems at all. im having troubles with rooting it again. after copying the zip file to my phone its not going in ClockworkMod Recovery mode . i just see a warning screen again. what should i do?
Ditto. Rooted prior to update to ICS and now I can’t get to ClockworkMod Recovery mode.
I had a leaked version of ICS on my att galaxy note, I wiped it and put the stock GB back on and I am now on Baseband I717UCLF5, kernel 2.6.35.11, but Kies won’t let me upgrade to the official release. Kies tells me:
“Your device does not support software upgrading via Kies”… I’ve googled myself to death over this, can someone plz give me some advice? Thanks
You need to revert back to the Stock ROM so as to work. I had the same problem. After installing Stock ROM, I did reset to factory and then I was able to install the ICS updates.
Am I on the wrong kernel maybe?
U need to flash ur modem to ucla1. You do that by looking at maxs blog on how to unroot your phone.
Scroll down the comments till u get to the 11th of july.just re9ad them youll find the comments that
Explain how to do it
In Odin, I pressed PDA as you said selected the tar file and clicked start but it failed. PLEASE HELP.
Put your phone in download mode
Connect to computer with Samsung kies installed
In tools select initiate update recovery
Will pop up a menu saying complete restore
Just accept whatever
It will prompt for SN & model # (use all caps SGH-I717)
you should be all set
You will need to enter recovery to wipe /data factory reset or you’ll be stuck in boot loop
Can someone please answer this that was asked previously, someone preferably who has done it, thanks!
Brokn says:
July 10, 2012 at 2:35 pm
Lost root when upgrading to official ICS IMM76D.UCLF6. Does this still work for this official ics?
I had a question that I needed answered before I go off and root my NOTE again. I had followed the steps to root my phone when I first got it. Today (7-12-12) I got at message from AT&T about the Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0, I now have that on my phone and it is no longer rooted. My question is, does the OS on the phone change the steps above on how I should root my phone again?
I would love to know the answer for that myself……..
You will root the same way you rooted before, or follow this link:
https://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-note-i717-roms/how-to-root-att-galaxy-note-sgh-i717-icsgingerbreadeasiest-method/
Hey,
I tried to root my Att Note by the same method while it was on ICS and it’s stuck on boot screen now. Any ideas to recover?
is there any way to unroot the i717 already on official ICS update?
Hey this was something I asked about before but eventually found my own awnser but it seems to be a persistant problem. My CWM recovery seems to not be working properly. when i try to backup i get a message that there was an error making a backup image of the data then when i try to install i get the message MD%-mismatch. i downloaded the MD%-mismatch patch off of i believe xda. i just updated to the official ICS and am now trying your method of the official UCLF6 ICS ROM rooted.i get the same message of the error then the mismatch. can you think of whats wrong?
thanks max
How did you install your CWM? You might have a bad version, try installing this one I am using:
https://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-note-recovery/how-to-install-clockworkmod-recovery-on-att-galaxy-note-sgh-i717-belltelusrogers/
@oliver, I did the same thing, stuck at boot screen and fixed it by flashing the official ICS update via Odin. :You can find the download files online. It looks like this method does not work for the official ICS update and we will have to wait until a new root method is discovered. I’m sure when it is discovered it won’t be so hard to find as it is now.
I used this method with the official ICS release and it worked. The first thing you need to do is follow these instructions to get back to the official unrooted ICS;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1731654
Please note that after you install the official unrooted ICS, on your phone, go to Developer Options/USB debugging and make sure it is activated. Then proceed with the instructions on this page to root. It worked for me.
True,
I did the same thing right away. The issue was my kies refused to upgrade my phone with an error like “unable to initialize” so I couldn’t switch back to official ICS. I ended up installing Objection ICS. I’m pretty happy about it.
I guess my mistake was using the wrong PDA file with odin to root the Note with ICS. It kept being stuck for a couple of recovery attempts and wipe offs but some how after rooting the stuck att gingerbread it somehow worked fine.
I totally recommend Objection BTW. Thank you for your answer!
I just re-rooted my Rogers i717 after the ICS update (build IMM76D.UXLF4) and got root back with this method again. About the only thing different that I did since following this for Gingerbread was using a slightly different CWM from an XDA forum post (cwm-touch-i717-120414.tar) which may have affected things compared to others’ failures. Flashed the same Superuser binary in CWM that I’d left on the internal SD Card from rooting in GB and appear to have no issues now in ICS.
awesome, worked like charm
YES this worked for me also, thank!
Not sure I am following everyone here exactly, but is there a way to root the Note now that ICS has been officially released through At&t? Can’t stand that all of the Samsung junk is back on my phone now.
This method should just work fine as it’s titled for ICE and GB. Rodney also agreed it worked fine for his official ICE.
I screwed mine by making a silly mistake (wrong file usage) and didn’t try to recover it but apparently this method works fine if anything goes wrong: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1731654
yes works for ICS or GB, because the i717 has a separate recovery partition (unlike GT-N7000) it will work regardless of OS, will work on Jelly Bean too.
Thanks for the concise answer. That was exactly the question, and the answer, that I was looking for!
sure!
Hi,
I tried this but ClockWorkMethod gives an error when istalling superuser. It abots installation but no error code is given. Any suggestions?
Your instructions are really easy to follow – it worked great on my Gingerbread, but ODIN hung up on “SetupConnection..” every time with ICS. Any ideas?
My bad; I didn’t have my phone in download mode – it was in recovery mode!
Phone is now rooted with ICS, Thanks!
Volume up/Volume down + Power then Volume down isn’t putting my Galaxy note into CWM Recovery to install Zip file after recent Galaxy Note ICS upgrade. It worked fine on Gingerbread; any suggestions?
Hi John, I’m guessing you followed the written steps instead of the video? Step 12 says: “keep holding down the Volume Down button but let go of the Power button.” Instead it should say: “keep holding down the Volume Up and Volume Down button but let go of the Power button.”
Hope this helps!
Hi All,
I have the SGH-i717 (AT&T) with Gingerbread rooted (as per process above)
Now with the AT&T ICS release, what should I do to keep it rooted with ICS?
1 – Direct install the ICS via Kies – Do nothing else and the phone will continue to be rooted?
2 – Direct install the ICS via Kies – Root the phone again by following the process above?
Thank you!
Don’t use Kies as you will root plus you will have to unroot first before you can do OTA, instead just flash this instead in CWM which gives you official with root and more features:
https://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-note-i717-roms/official-uclf6-ics-rom-for-your-att-galaxy-note-sgh-i717-rootedwifi-tether/
Not sure what I’ve done wrong. I’ve got a Bell i717 with the new 4.0.4 upgrade released last week. Odin reported success at flashing in CWM (both b4 and the touch version mentioned above). The phone reboots, but when I use the volume-up and volume-down combo during reboot, I’m not getting CWM.
I’m getting the stock recovery system. Similar options but terminology is different and there’s no reference to CWM. I’m not in download mode (at that point), I’ve booted the recovery mode only it’s not CWM.
Stock recovery mode won’t install the SU package as it evidently doesn’t like the signature.
Any ideas?
After you flash using ODIN, when you see “Pass!” immediately hold down Volume Up button for 5 seconds, you should see ClockworkMod Recovery now. This is because the new 4.0.4 update overwrites custom recovery upon reboot, installing a custom ROM will fix this and give you permanent recovery.
You actually need to hold down Volume UP and DOWN for 5 seconds to see the ClockworkMod Recovery now. I tried Volume UP as you suggested around 5 times with no success. Finally tried Volumne UP and DOWN and it worked. Thanks!
That appears to have been the secret. Thanks to both Max and Mike.
For the latest install of Superuser download Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip (or whatever the latest ARM install is) from this site http://androidsu.com/superuser/
So, I got through step 12. But I’m not able to get into CWM after rebooting by holding down the volume buttons + the power button and letting go of the power button upon reboot. It just brings me to the “Downloading… Do not turn off target!!” screeen. Pressing up or down on the volume buttons doesn’t do anything. Am I missing a step? How do I get to CWN so that I can browse to the zip file?
I appreciate your time
I apologize. I just read the thread above mine. Don’t mind me 🙂 Sometimes I wish newer threads were posted first. Holding down the volume up and down after reboot worked for me also.
I attempted to root my phone. My phone was previously rooted but decided to go back to stock to try out the official ICS update. After not being overly impressed by it, I decided to root again and go back to custom roms. Clockworkmod Recovery is not installing. In odin it says it passes but I still only have stock recovery. In download mode it says I’m on custom binary. It said stock binary before I tried. I tried 3 times but no luck. I have Kies installed so I have the right drivers. I had no problem the first time around, but this time it’s not going as smooth. Any thoughts?
That’s because the new software overwrites ClockworkMod Recovery upon reboot, it’s a stupid security feature implemented in Android 4.0.4, you can get around this by flashing CWM again with ODIN, then when you see “PASS!” IMMEDIATELY hold down Volume Up and Volume Down buttons, and voila!
I tried it and it worked like a charm. Thanks a bunch.
I was able to load CWM with the method you mentioned and it worked. But when I tried to reboot into CWM it brought me back to stock recovery. Do i have to flash CWM and hold volume up and down every time I want to boot into CWM? Would I be able to flash a stock GB rom and then flash CWM again to avoid all that hassle?
heyy max! i need your help! i rooted my galaxy note with the tmobile modem flashed as instructed in your tutorials. everything worked perfectly for a month or so but now im having this issue where sometimes my phone would freeze with the screen image stuck on the screen. then after about 10 seconds the screen would shut off leaaving the soft buttons lit and then the screen would flash all white once very quick and my screen would come back on with no signal and it would have to regain signal. do you know how i can fix this?
Could be the modem, did you try blaze modem?
I have an ATT Galaxy note which I rooted using the above method wihtout any difficulty and seems to be working fine. However the purpose of unlocking the phone, was to be able to use it in Europe (Spain) with a local SIM card.
I am now in Spain, and inserted a local SIM card from telefonica/movistar. When I power the phone on, I am asked to “enter network lock control key” which I do not know and thought jailbreaking the phone would bypass this.
Any comments or suggestions?
Thanks,
Gostal
You have to unlock SIM, use any SIM unlocking website.
Hi Max,
Thanks for your prompt reply. When I power the phone on with the SIM card from Spain, it intitially asks me to enter the PIN code. I then enter the PIN code for that SIM card and it gets accepted…..but then it asks me for “enter newtwork lock control key”
So when you refer to “unlocking SIM, use any SIM unlocking website” , is this different then entering the PIN number? It sounds like it is different.
Excuse my ignorance on the matter and really appreaciate your help…
Gostal
Your phone is locked if you get network lock control key, you have to get SIM unlocking code I think.
Great job Bro on rooting the Galaxy Note.I think you made it so easy that everyone can do it with patience and
simply following your instructions . Bravo and continue feeding us with good stuff always.God bless you.
Pressing volume and down buttons after Odin says “PASSED” totally worked for me! I was pulling my hair out trying to root my Rogers Note that was recently updated to ICS
Ok max i REALLY need help .. i tried rooting my note and now all it dose is start up and thats it goes black .. HELP ME PLEASE …..
what exactly did you do??? This root method shouldn’t cause anything like that? Unless you installed a ROM???
Can I get confirmation that this method does or does not increase the binary counter ? Because I did not see the warning triangle in the video at any time, that would lead me to believe that this method does not increase the counter. I’ve seen other tutorials showing a slight different method but with no counter increase, and I am researching which to pick:
http://samsungmobileclub.com/root-samsung-galaxy-note-without-increasing-flash-counter-number-easy-tutorial/
That one is for GT-N7000 if you use that on your i717 you will brick your phone. FYI.
Ok, thanks…so does the method shown a a above on this page update the counter and show a warning triangle?
yes it does but you can easily get rid of it by running Triangle Away app.
Do I have the wrong file?
When I reboot into CWM-Recovery, I see the title Android System Recovery and doesn’t allow update from ZIP only Apply Update. Each of the SU files I downloaded all report back
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed.
I installed the “odin_n1717_cwm_recovery_b4.tar” file in the download and got a pass in the odin application.
Thanks
Got it, Rooteded it, Bricked it, Fixed it. Phiew what a day.
Hey Max. Thanks a lot for the tutorial. I’m having an issue when I try to install the Superuser zip. Here’s a photo of the error I get every time (I have tried to install several times with no luck)
http://imgur.com/PY8OY
I’ve search through some forum threads and I see ‘Kernel’ mentioned a lot and stuff about Samsung not signing something. Telus has gone to ICS 4.0.4 and I’m guessing that has something to do with your files not working for me? Cheers. Thanks.
You are in stock recovery, try reflashing the ODIN then hold down Volume Up and Volume Down buttons together as soon as you see “PASS!” you should be in ClockworkMod Recovery instead.
Brilliant! So in your video you reboot the phone after the Odin flash, and then restart the phone with Vol Up+Down held down. With my phone I7I7d Telus, that does something that prevents me from getting to CWM. Once I Odin flashed and then held Volume Up+Down as it was in RESET mode in Odin, it booted into CWM. Thanks Max!
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how do i root using a mac computer i see no link on how to do it where can i go to get the steps i have a galaxy note i717 running on ics official not leaked
I can’t get this method to work. Every time I run Odin, it gives a “Fail” after I press start. I’m running ICS 4.0.4 (official upgrade). Any ideas?
Kenny, when you conenct your phone’s usb crod to the phone, does the ID:COM field turn yellow and have 0:[COM4]?
Sometimes there are drivers that might mess with it, first try turning off Kies by kiling Kies in Task Manager if that doesn’t work, try another computer/laptop.
I flashed on ODIN and it gives me a pass, but I can’t get it into CWM. Any ideas?
nm had a brain fart. I was too slow to press volume up and down after PASS. To get into CWM do we need to keep flashing it through odin now?
HiMax,
I have ics 4.04 from rogers. To root my phone, I just use odin and then volume up + down at the same time. Once I am in cwm, flash a custom rom and then I will have no problem going to cwm?
Thanks in advance
NO problem once you install custom ROM!
Hi Max,
So once rooted, install custom rom in cwm and then install superuser?
Thanks
all custom roms come with root but if you lose it for some reason, just install this in CWM:
http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/tools/CWM-SuperSU-v0.87.zip
I’m having a problem with the ODIN.exe file. When I run that file the window pops up for a second then disappears. Then a message comes up in another language and I hit OK and nothing happens. This is all happening when I’m trying to run the file on my PC for step #6? Any help or advice would be great!!!
can this work on the i9220?
please help i tryed installing the PDA file but nothing happened then my phone rebooted and it wont turn on someone help
Justis: Same thing happened to me but Odin still worked. All of the original files are online and you can restore them then upgrade back to ICS.
Thank you for the clear and thorough instructions. You made a potential headache into a short and sweet experience.
Hi Max,
I tried to use odin on my galaxy note i717 and I am stuck on recover.img on odin. Note sure what is wrong?
Thanks
Try another USB port, usually that fixes right away and also make sure Kies is not running as it can interfere with ODIN.
will you do any work on the t-mobile note?
Tmobile’s out with its Note. Does anyone know when we can expect Tmobile’s modem and ICS?
Hi MAX, is there a way for you to get the t-mobile version rooted and do a complete pull of the rom so we can install it on our AT&T Note?
Thanks
I haven’t tried this (nor recommend it yet) but in theory it should be possible to just flash the whole stock ROM off Tmo GNote to ATT GNote as they share identical hardware.
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Max,
I just got my Tmobile Galaxy Note. we are so ready for you to create a way to root tmobile galaxy note…
Thanks,
The root method should be the same for T-Mobile, XDA users have verified AT&T root method works fine on Tmo.
I have a Telus I717 and I can’t access the clockworks recovery menu it just gives me the stock recovery menu.
With Android 4.0.4 update, your phone might overwrite the ClockworkMod Recovery you flashed in ODIN.
To get around the problem, simply flash ClockworkMod Recovery again in ODIN, then when you see “PASS!”, immediately hold down Volume Up and Volume Down buttons, you should be in ClockworkMod Recovery instead of the Belly-up Andy Android figure.
Awesome it worked. Thank You 🙂
Hey Max, First, awesome tutorial man. Was able to root my brother’s gingerbread w/ no problems. I just upgraded my unrooted galaxy note to ICS. Did the same exact things but something appears to be different. Specifically, I’m having trouble going from step 14 to step 15. In the CMW recovery mode, I selected “choose zip from internal sdcard” and I get “E: Can’t mount /emmc/” I tried “choose zip from sdcard” (even though I don’t have an sdcard) but still no luck. Any ideas on what might be going on, or what I might be doing wrong?! Thanks.
Max,
Thanks, I’ll try the same method for ATT on my Tmo..
Great instructions!
My Rogers SGH-1717R e/w Koodo SIM displays the following when exicuting the Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip file stored on my SD card.
–Verifying internal MMC block…
checksum confirmation
already executed!!…
#MANUAL MODE #
— Appling Multi-CSC…
Applied the CSC-code : RWC
Successfully applied multi-CSC.
–Install /sdcard …
Finding updated package…
Opening updated package…
Verifying updated package…
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Do you have any ideas regarding this failure?
Thanking you ahead of time.
Paul
Will this work with t-mobile galaxy Note ICS SGH-i717?
I mean t879?lol made a random mistake.
yes.
I’m trying to root my T-Mobile Note. I’m following everything step by step. There is one problem. When I try to get the phone in download mode by holding down the volume button and the power button the phone, shut off options come up then the phones goes black with the flash on the back of the device going off. When I release the power button after the first vibration the phone boots up as normal. When I press and hold the Power, Volume UP and DOWN then release after the first vibration, the phone will go into manual mode but not a down load mode. Please Help.
You have to power your phone OFF first, and then hit Vol-down + Power
Easiest way to get the Tmobile Galaxy Note into download mode is:
1. Plug in Micro USB data cable into computer
3. Power off device
4. Hold down the volume up and down buttons
5. (while Volume UP and Down buttons are pressed and power still off) insert micro USB data cable into charging port.
-This will put your T-mobile Galaxy Note into download mode. Very Simple.
You should tell the guy who made the video about this. I am just now seeing your post after attempting his method for booting into download mode. Not only did it not work, but, it reset all my icons/launcher settings.
I think you may have done something else, just rooting doesn’t reset your launcher settings.
Hi. I am using Galaxy note (Telus) and I think I got those procedures up to…where it says
to enter the clockwork recovery mode. My phone is getting into the “usual” (I actually don’t know how to
say it) recovery mode, where the android robot comes up. I’ve been going through your comments, so I know
it happens because of 4.0.4 update. So, I tried to flash ODIN again, but here is another thing that I am stuck with. When ODIN says “PASS!”, I tried to reset my phone as quickly as possible, but since I have to reboot the phone again, I keep getting into the usual recovery mode, instead of CWR.
Any helps with this problem?
I tried to reset the phone without auto-reboot, but since I am in DOWNLOAD MODE,
the phone keeps saying that my phone has encountered a problem..
Any helps would be great, thanks!
Do the auto reboot but take battery out when odin is done.
Hi Max
I also have the same problem as this comment
but what do you mean by “take battery out when odin is done”?
So do the reboot and when the lock screen appears,
take the battery out? How do you get into CWR then?
Hold down volume up volume down and poeer buttons after u take battery out. That will get u into cwm!
my neighbor gave me a samsung note it cam from china i finally got it to show english…i’m wandering how can i get it on my t-mobile network i have a sim card but can’t get no network can you help me???
GT-N7000 doesn’t support Tmo bands, sell it and get i717.
hey everytime I try to get into downloading mode it goes in to recovery I have the Galaxy Note T-mobile.What do I do???
WHen I want to put the superuser my device on windows doesn’t show the phone,only the name?
hi, i just got my new ATT note (i717) with Android 4.0.4, I want to root it, can i use the method mentioned above? The reason i am asking is because it says that the above method is for ginger bread.
Please advice.. looking to root and them have TiBu.
Thanks
IG
yes works fine regardless of GB or ICS. This method does not matter which OS version you have as it flashes to recovery partition.
This is a GREAT video tutorial… only, I have Mac.
Please Please Please, make one for Mac?
Im having an error in the Superuser-3.0.7-d-signed.zip. Im trying to root the stock ICS on my Note
try using this instead then:
http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/tools/SuperSU/CWM-SuperSU-v0.94.zip
Thank you max. That works. It did happen really fast, like 2-4 secs is that normal? I remember it taking much longer previously.
yup.
I have the SGH-i717 on Telus. I followed the steps in this tutorial to attempt to root my phone. I verified the drivers, booted in download mode, connected, ran Odin, and flashed the CWM recovery. Odin shows all OK, and gives me a big green PASS. Even the flash count has increased. However, when I then try to boot the phone in recovery mode, it still goes to the stock Android recovery, instead of ClockworkMod. I’ve tried this on both a WinXP and Win7 machine. Anyone else see this before? Any ideas?
Thanks
just reflash with ODIN, check off auto-reboot, then take battery out when ODIN is done, then reboot straight into CWM.
Success!
Removing the battery was no good. Any attempt to restart the phone other than Odin doing it would result in a scary “Problem occurred upgrading firmware” error message. The phone would refuse to boot until I ran Odin again and did another flash with reboot.
However, if I held the volume buttons as soon as Odin reboots the phone, it would start up CWM. Of course, as soon as I figured that out, I noticed that that very process was written right at the end of the tutorial. I read the whole thing about 4 times and somehow missed that.
First time here, was Nokia fan before getting my Note. Great site, great info. Helped me start off with android.
Phone is i717r (canadian Rogers), running GB, stock, but my provider is Wind (aka T-mobile)
1. Unlocked it
2. Rooted using this guide, installed CWM, superuser etc… and than did CWM backup
3. Tried several T-mo modems and finally got one that is working.
4. Then, itching started and I wanted ICS so I flashed this Rogers ICS dump
I717RUXLF4_I717RRWCLF4_I717RUXLF4_HOME.tar
and spent one day trying all Tmo modems out there but “no SIM card” was the only result.
Note: In Phone->About I saw that there was suddenly no IMEI, no baseband, nothing…
5. Flashed my stock image back, from step 2 backup
Now, I am back on rooted GB running so-so on Wind.
How to get ICS and decent Wind reception? Anyone has done that? Or wait for JB until it becomes stable?
Max,
I have a AT&T (i1717) version which I had bought as a ginger bread version..rooted it.. then applied the At&T ICS update (lost root).
I tried to use the above explained method to root the ICS version now. I was successfully able to flash CWM, but when I try to update the superuser zip file using CWM, I am getting an error stating its a bad file. I tried downloading other versions of the superuser zip file and I am still getting the bad file error in CWM.
Please let me know where am I going wrong and what should I change to successfully root the ICS version of At&T i717.
_Joe
Additionally, I tried the zip file at http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/tools/SuperSU/CWM-SuperSU-v0.94.zip as well… even this ones says the same ‘bad’ message. When I turn on signature verification..it throws the message ‘signature verification failed’…please help !
Does it say ClockworkMod Recovery at top? What does it say?
Yes it says CWM based Recovery v5.5.0.4….. pretty much like the screen shot above on step #13..
When I try to update from zip in CWM.. it says
“E:Can’t Open /sdcard/CWM-SupreSU-v0.94.zip”
“(bad)”
“Installation aborted”
On newer software updates it might overwrite the custom recovery what u r seeing maybe be stock recovery not clockworkmod try reflashing it.
Works really fine even for 4.0.4. on my I717 ATT
I updated my firmware to 4.0.4 some days ago with Kies, and I was really hesitating to root it again. I read and watch many times the video so I did not miss anything. I just want to mention that the Odin part works fine and then after I install the Super user from the SD card I had to to do 2 attempts cuz the 1st one said operation aborted, then after the 2nd attempt it was successful and reset the phone I did not have any problem ( just a message in the phone saying android updating applications) . Less than one minute after this, My phone was rooted and the super user updated by itself from the PLAY… Thanks!!
Hey guys, is it me or the download link for the root zip seems to be obsolete? Every time I click on it, it tells me it is temporarily unavailable. Is there a mirror site?
Thank you
try again it should be working now.
Actually, it works when you download it here:
http://mirror10.downloadandroidrom.com/file/GalaxyNote/rooting/ATTGalaxyNoteRootICS.zip
Ok I follow all the steps to install CMW on my computer, but when I reboot in recovery I still have the android stock recovery. My phone runs ICS 4.0.4 stock from Rogers. My computer properly detects my phone and the driver (well the way the photos says it should) and when I run Odin it tells me flash has been done successfully. What am I doing wrong?
Thank you
Worked for me (Note SGH-i717M runing ICS 4.0.4), Rom AT&T US
Baseband LF4 Kernel 3.0.8
Stylus still works and no IMEI number lost
Only thing the superuser in the zip was’nt working well, I used the version 3.1.3 from AndroidSU.com
Thanks 😉
i followed directions perfectly everything is running fine but my google play store app wont connect any more is there a way to fix this?
Try flashing GoogleApps:
http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/gapps/gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip
have you gotten the linux tutorial posted yet? need to root i717 only have linux (and the phone) available
THANKS
Charlie
I found out Heimdall isn’t compatbile with i717 processor. There are patches you can use out there somewhere but I don’t really recommend it.
ok, i bought a windows 7 laptop, just for rooting my note the root was successful i have SU, CWM, and can boot into CWM recovery i have tried 3 different roms from your site and each time it does not flash it says cant verify signature and now it is saying error in /sdcard/cm-10-20121006-UNOFFICIAL-quincyatt.zip (status 7)
just a FYI for anyone who may have a problem i tried to flash the rom when i plugged the phone into the laptop it shows up it installed all the drivers and i copied the rom files to the sd card and everything appears good but when i flash i get errors every time so i took the sd from the phone and put it directly in the laptop and copied the files (same files) over and then put the sd back in the phone and the flash went perfect
Oh use TWRP recovery to install.
Dude you rock! I just followed along with you in your video and finished up the same time you did. When I rooted my Evo 4G for the first time it was a 4 hour hair pulling ordeal. This was a piece of cake! Now I’m gonna go and flash the stable version of CM10 – JELLY BEAN HERE I COME!!
step 8, i don’t have “odin_ni717_cwm_recovery_b4.tar”, I only have 3 files, not 4 file where do i get odin_ni717_cwm_recovery_b4.tar, please help, thanks
i downloaded ATTGalaxyNoteRootICS.zip and used 7zip to unzip it and extracted it to my desktop and odin wont start up, it flashes once and then dissappears, and also my kies air wont connect to my note, i have att sgh i717 with ics and ive updated kies air and ran troubleshooter and it still wont work?
Try on another computer if you have one, that happened to me on one of my laptops. Rather than trying to fix that, I just used my other laptop and worked right away.
Does it have to be an AT&T phone for this to work?? My error is when i try to do the PDA step in ODIN, it disengages the USB connection and fails after saying “setup connection…” for about 30 seconds – 1 minute.
Only AT&T or Tmobile or any Canadian models starting with i717.
Hey max, if I flash a rom can i just use kies to restore my contacts, settings etc. or will the back up on that not install once i flashed something else?
You can on some custom ROMs, not all custom ROMs support it I recommend using Gmail for contacts (backed up auto) and also Titanium Backup app for apps.
The link to the files seems to be broken, please fix and reply.
I have T-Mobil Galaxy note. When I first tried to put it into download mode by just holding “volume down” button it wasn’t working. Then I saw suggestion to hold down “Volume down” and “Volume U'”. This does put the phone in another state , but it’s asking if I want to re-boot, download from external source and a few other options. I’m definitely not getting the warning screen as shown in this tutorial. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Just try it again slowly its volume down for download mode. You have to lwt go of power button also when ur phone resets.
Thanks – this worked fine for me (on Telus, with ICS 4.0.4) – but only after trying the extra tip printed at the very end of the how-to, regarding holding the Vol. Up and Vol. Down buttons immediately upon seeing “PASS” on the Odin screen.
Hoping that Jean-Francois Belanger already found this out – it sounds as if I had the same problem that he describes, and the extra tip for ICS users fixed it.
again – a big THANKS for your work in putting this how-to together!
Do you always have togo through odin to get to cwm? I have a i717d from telus on the official ics rom. But I always have to go through odin in order to get to cwm. I am using the cwm version 5.5.0.4. The device is rooted .Please help me
You don’t, when you install custom ROM, it will go away or you can do this:
erase /system/recovery-from-boot.p and /system/etc/install-recovery.sh using ES File Explorer with Root and Write enabled. That will make CWM stick.
If i erase this file in es file explorer will it still allow me to boot to the stock ics? I am worried the device will boot loop
Hi Max, i am planning to buy an unlocked Samsung Note I717 (Rogers). This is not a AT&T galaxy note, it’s 1717R model. would all the zip files in your instructions work for Roger phone with all the AT&T zip files? i.e., ATTGalaxyNoteRootICS.zip. I do plan to root the Roger phone and make the phone to work on T-mobile 4G network. Just want to know if i need to download the zip especially for ROGER note or the zip files for AT&T is compatiable with Roger unlocked note?
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Does this work for the Australian Galaxy Note???
Use root method for N7000:
https://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-note-root/how-to-root-ics-on-galaxy-note-gt-n7000-no-computer-required/
i did everything as the video said max, ive tried this on 4 A&t galaxy gt notes before and it worked perfect! but on this one when i try to enter cwm it opens something similar to it called Android system recovery and it shows the menu like cwm but i cant flash or do anything on it at all i always get this error
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
the words at the buttom say
— Verifying internal MMC block…
checksum confirmatiob -> check(0)
Not need checksum confirmation
already executed! !…
#MANUAL MODE#
please help me
Reflash recovery then pull battery when its done flashing immediately then enter recovery.
ran odin with kies previously installed had to exit kies to connect wouldnt dl with kies running. Now have success but!!! the download is not taking and i have an error screen stating ” Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies and try it again. fyi i can because kies didnt install it and doesn recognise my device in either error or recovery mode.. any ideas?
reran odin with kies closed problem solved rooted success!!!
Hi Max,
I followed your instructions. Got SuperUser icon on applications page. Great. But when I clicked superuser icon I got a weird looking page without any options so thought maybe elite version will be better so I paid for superuser elite and still the app opens with a weird looking “superuser elite” interface with no options/choices. What I am doing wrong?
PS: I continue to see everything ATT with lot of clutter. Mine is i717.
Thanks!
Regular Superuser is all you need, the paid version doesn’t give you any more options. Superuser simply gives you “root” permissions to rooted apps, that’s all, no need to pay for it ever!
any idea on rooting without a windows machine?
Max,I need serious help bro. I bought this galaxy note from China.In “about phone” it shows model number SGH-I717 but I guess my situation is far complicated than I can ever imagine and none of the firmware update release matches up.My set comes with a physical home button so it must be SGH-I9220 but when plugged into kies it shows SGH-I717 and when I tried to upgrade through kies it shows SGH-I9220 unable to upgrade kind of message.I would request you to help me upgrade.I am confused at this point on how to deal with it knowing that physical appearance confirms it’s SGH-I9220 because of the physical home button on the phone but firmware shows it’s SGH-I717.Please advise what to do at this point. Thank you
PDA: I717UCLA1
CSC: I717ATTLA1
PHONE: E160L.FA28.1218.LT
Not sure on SGH-i9220, I only deal with i717 or N7000. I really do not know and don’t want to tell you something that will mess up your phone.
Max, It says N7000 is “Also known as Samsung GT-N7000,Samsung I9220” on gsm arena .Please advise,I am all confused here.
Not sure on that but they maybe be the same yes.
Max,
Finally I have figured out that my galaxy note is a Korean Galaxy note SHV-E160L.Need your help to root this version and updated firmware.
Sorry I don’t support the Korean version but you can try reading through here:
https://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-note-root/how-to-root-korean-version-galaxy-note-lteshv-e160s-shv-e160kshv-e160l/
Dear Max,
I tried to upgrade my galaxy note ICS using this firmware
U.S.A. AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note SGH-I717 Latest official Firmware Update Android 4.0.4 Ice cream Sandwich
I717UCLF6
Latest firmware: I717UCLF6/I717ATTLF6/I717UCLF6/I717UCLF6
PDA: I717UCLF6 | CSC: I717ATTLF6 | MODEM: I717UCLF6
Version: Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich
Release date: July 10, 2012
But after flashing finishes when the set wants to start,the “samsung” logo comes then again the phone reboots and I also tried factory reboot but same problem.Now,I really do not know what to do so need your help badly.
Here are few things that you should know about my phone
1. Model :Samsung – SHV-E160L Galaxy Note LTE [ Korean ]
2. It was AT&T but the set also had “superuser” application
3. PDA: I717UCLA1
4.CSC: I717ATTLA1
Dear brother,I would request you to please help me out here as this set holds sentimental values as my wife has given it to me as a gift.
ive downloaded ATTGalaxyNoteRootICS.zip and unzipped it but when i open odin a box pops up says odin blah blah and some squares and i click ok and it quick flashes the program and then dissapears!
unzip the files first!
Hey guys! This is awesome, just rooted and ROM’d my I717. Here’s a question though. My Note is running ICS, and I just installed BlackStar 7. My question is, is there a way to load CWM on the phone without having to reload it from the ODIN everytime? My phone seems to remove it everytime it boots, and for some reason I do not like seeing the Custom Binaries counter go up everytime 😛
I keep trying to use the link to download the files from http://mirror10.downloadandroidrom.com/file/GalaxyNote/rooting/ATTGalaxyNoteRootICS.zip
and normaly where it has me wait a few seconds before downloading it never shows a counter or anything only thing to download is for the 7zip advertisments. i have checked other download links and they work fine. I wait my designated time and the link appears.
Simple. Works. Instructions correct including installing the zip from card 2 more times. Thanks!!
Just an FYI: Your instruction in Step 12 is different than the video, and you may want to change it: the video says once the phone resets, the person should keep holding down BOTH VOLUME buttons while letting go of the POWER BUTTON. But your Step 12 above states: “When your phone resets (you will feel little vibration and the screen will turn off), keep holding down the Volume Down button but let go of the Power button.” I tried just keeping the VOLUME DOWN button held, and the phone went back into the “downloading” screen with the green guy. When I watched your video, I noticed the difference, and when I kept holding down BOTH VOLUME buttons, the Apply Upgrade (blue text options) screen did come up.
After all the confusing instructions on the web I was worried and frustrated. Then I found these simple steps and the video!! Woohoo! this worked fine on my ATT Gnote. Rooting my androids is a must!
THANK YOU for your taking the time to spell this out easily for us.
THIS METOD RULZ ALL OVER OTHER ONES!! THANKS!!
its easy,.. its takes 5 min… now i can unlock the phone, and use roms..
Went through the method. Now my AT&T note I717 says “INSERT SIM TO ACCESS NETWORKS”. My phone has been unclocked to use with any SIM card. How can I fix this problem?
If you want to download a newer version of CWM (some of the roms down install with this version), how would I do this?
Noob in rooting. ran odin and got a yellow com5. after putting the tar file in the PDA field as per instructions and hit start….just stuck on:
Added!!
Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..
File analysis..
SetupConnection..
I’m on Rogers. I have SGH i717r with ICS 4.04 ruxlf4
I followed instructions to install the recovery/backup rom image to my phone. I unhooked the cable after update with windows software. Phone rebooted via software auto-reboot checkmark[enabled]. After reboot I used cloud storage such as sugarsync to transfer the files to my phone. I copied the files to the phone from the cloud on the external sd card.
I held down VOLUME UP+VOLUME DOWN simultaneously and then held down the power button until I felt a vibration then let go of only the power button and waited for the reboot into the recovery mode. I then installed the rooting rom.
I believe the process works as of November 25, 2012.
You cannot record phone calls or back up your device properly or at all without a good rooting.
One step that is missing here is to always backup onto an empty SD Card before installing rooting so you have your unique personalized pre-rooted environment handy in case something bad happens to you in the rooted world.
I’m running into a problem at step 15. I select the zip file but then I get the error:
E: failed to verify whole-file signature
E: signature verification failed.
Any idea what might be wrong?
Thanks.
Forget it, I figured it out. I missed that paragraph that starts with “With Android 4.0.4 update”. Once I read that and followed the instructions, it worked.
Thanks!
Hi,
I’ve followed the steps till #6 where it says to run run odin3 v1.85.exe. when i run it the oden flashes on the screen then disappears. i have tried it on another computer thinking maybe it was that. i’m not sure what the issue is. can you please advise what i can do or check.
thanks
I just got an at&t galaxy note and I have it unlocked for use in T-Mobile.I rooted it and flashed different roms from your website like padawan,official uclf6 ics,paranoid rom,OnlyOne rom.I followed all instructions on your website.I flashed different T-Mobile radio modems but my speed still slow to nothing.I used also the *#2263#
to get to edge signal and its faster than when it says connected to 4g.What did I do wrong or is my phone defective?I got it on ebay.Hope you can help me……..Thanks
Hi There
I was just trying to unroot back to the Stock telus Rom, and its stuck on the black samsung screen, any ideas?
I have tried to redo a new rom as well, and the Recovery thing is still on the phone, but when I try to reinstall Liquid Jelly Bean its all screwed up when it starts. Home button doesnt work, no usb connection.
Thanks
Ry
i am tyring to re root my galaxy note when i updated to ics4.0.4 it wiped out my root i have odin and samsung kies all i need is the pda.tar file is thier a direct download for this file all the links i try in the description are not working im using samsung galaxy note i717 build # imm76d.uclf6 kernel# 3.0.8 android 4.0.4
AWESOME!!!! The easiest root EVER!!! Just moved over to the NOTE from a DELL Streak…Now I can truly enjoy my Note!!!!!Thanks so much!
As of today’s date, will this still work on my AT&T Samung Note i717?
Since the post and thread are several months old, I figured I better ask – I’m a noob, and this would be my first rooting.
Hey Ron, flashing CWM through Odin will, however the Superuser .zip might not. If your device is GB the Superuser .zip will work. If you’re running ICS it won’t install. No need to fret though as many custom ROMs will have the SU app built in already. Have fun ROMming!
so since you said that the superuser.zip that is provided on this site will not install on ICS firmware, I’ll just do step 1-9 and my note will be rooted or do i also install a custom rom that has a SU app to root my note?
sir, i have galaxy note shv-e160s, build no. IMM76D.UJ30, please tell me how i root it.
thanks
I am at a loss. I rooted my phone and got to step 10 and my phone gets stuck on a black screen after it says “PASS” in Odin. I am trying to put the next file onto the internal SD card. I have my client database and schedule on my phone so I am really freaking out how to get my phone up and running. I did read the “Android update 4.0” and followed those directions and could eventually get into Clockwork Recovery mode but don’t know how to go to the next step of unzipping the file that is suppose to be on the sd card. Please advise me what to do. :((
Thanks for any direction you can give!
flashed back to stock in 5 minutes and all is well…
Cuando llego al paso 9 me dice failed… como lo resuelvo ??
Mine doesn’t boot in the clockwork recovery. I put it in download mode or whatever. connect it to pc. it shows up in device manager, i run the odin. everything goes smooth, the phone reboots. i disconnect it from my pc, then hold the buttons down like im supposed to, but it brings me back to the warning screen again where i have to hitt he up arrow. i do that, then im back at step one :/ I am using a canadian galaxy note. does that make a difference? or is this strictly for the AT&T one? help!
pull the battery as it rebooting after installing CWM Recovery
its a Glaxy Note SGH-i717D
You need to press both up and down volume buttons together to get to the recovery image. I believe you are only pressing down. I too have a roger Note and I am able to get to the recovery image but not the Clockwork Mod one. Not sure what I am doing wrong.
Hi Thanks for the great tutorial!
I got stuck at some point
I have a Rogers SGH-I717R
I copied the superuser zip file to the SD card root and made the (volume up+volume down + power ) restart.
Seems like the ‘install zip from sdcard’ is not one of the option.
What could be the problem?
Thanks!
Hi Thanks for the great tutorial!
I got stuck at some point
I have a Rogers SGH-I717R
I copied the superuser zip file to the SD card root and made the (volume up+volume down + power ) restart.
Seems like the ‘install zip from SD card’ is not one of the options.
What could be the problem?
Thanks!
any info on how to root the att galaxy note i717 on a mac yet
Use Parallels Desktop to install Windows on your Mac. Run Odin as Admin. Good luck.
I didn’t read every comment, but a HUGE step you missed is to pull the battery as it rebooting after installing CWM Recovery. It wouldn’t work otherwise on my i717D (Telus Canada). Cheers.
PS – Odin 1.85 worked fine (Run As Admin) on Parallels for Mac.
I am trying to root my galaxy note SGH 1717 with ICS 4.0.4 by following your video tutorial however I am not having any luck. I use ODIN to flash Clockworkmod recovery but even though ODIN reports that it has “PASSED” I still keep booting in the stock recovery image. Thoughts?
I had the same problem at first. Make sure you are timing the button pushes. Press up and down volume and power. Wait till you fell the vibrate then let go of the power. It will go into CWM recovery. At least mine did.
awesome tutorial now my galaxy note is 10x better! I was a bit confused getting into download mode so i did some side research on youtube and found this pretty straightforward guide on how to do it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU9ukm6d8wQ
Hey max, will cm 10 for the i717 work on the rogers i717r?
plz help me.for some reason i cant find the file
odin_ni717_cwm_recovery_b4.tar
wat do i do?
Excellent guide, Max!
I would put the “With Android 4.0.4 update” instructions under step 9 but otherwise another great root guide. You have been my go-to guy for anything Android for a while now.
Worked for me on SGH-i717M from Bell Canada with the provided files and instructions. Have got root now, thanks Max
Now I’m in USA, so I’m gonna try to flash T-mobile radios
Great tutorial and I confirm this is working with the Galaxy Note SGH-I717R (Rogers) model…
thanks!
hey max im having trouble simply downloading the zip file, every site i find brings me to the same site where its seemingly unavailable, frustrating… anywhere else i can dl it?
hi.. can any one help me to get back my old pics from Samsung galaxy note ,which were deleted by some one . so please help me….
do root method will help to back up of old pics to.
Thanks dude!
Was really scared this was a scam that would destroy my phone.
Works great!
WOW! it worked! i’m rooted! i mean i guess i am..lol.. i see superuser icon in aps! now what do i do!..lol
Ive just purchased a t mobile galaxy note and was wondering if the rooting method is EXACTLY the same as att? including down to installing the att files into the t mobile sgh t879 device?
How long I have to wait at step 9, I do it and the Odin still not show the “restart” word as image. ?
worked the second attempt. first one came up with error second no error.thanks
When i extract “odin_ni717_cwm_recovery” the files that comes out of it is a “IMG” File that says “recovery.img” and that wont show up when i press “PDA” what do i do ?
In the odin, the yellow highlighted COM comes up. Any ideas?
I mean, the yellow highlighted COM never comes up.
Love the videos Max. I decided to root the phone yesterday. Well. Still unrooted. I thought it was something I had not done. I have a Canadian Telus Note i717DTTLF4 (v 4.0.4), build IMM76D.TTLF4.
I followed all the instructions. ODIN reported that flashed with CWM (the new one).
I rebooted and pressed the appropriate buttons and it continues to boot into the stock
Android Recovery e3. So I thought it might have been the manner in which I pressed
the button. Doesn’t look like it. I’ve rebooted a number of times and I never
see CWM.
Phone boots correctly and it operational. I just can’t get CWM upon reboot.
Ideas?
I could really use root on this phone.
Thank you for any assistance.
Is there a rooting method for the new JB update that was just released on May 3, 2013. I attempted to root my note using the above method to no avail… since it was for ICS… but i can not find a way to root it now that i upgraded to JB 4.1.1…. PLEASE ADVISE! THX
I got it. Follow the link below and install this superuser zip from CWMrecovery instead of the one that was included here:
http://download.chainfire.eu/204
Just go to CWM and install this one – nothing else needed to do even though you already tried to install the other SU zip. Just install this new one and it will work on reboot.
Doesn’t seem to work with the new AT&T JB update. Locked up my phone, which I was able to get back to life using a Kies workaround.
Was a great root method for ICS as it worked really well as did the adding of the T-Mobile radio. Now I have JB and no T-Mobile radio :<(
Can you please update the guide on how to Root AT&T i717 JB stock and update the modem to work with T-Mobile network.
Yes please fill us in, can’t seem to find anything online that tell you how to root i717 with official JB.
see my comment below for a link
I agree with vice86 and GK246 any update on this would be appreciated.
see my comment below with link
Update for new Telus (Canada) JB of May 9, 2013, 4.1.2, i717DTLMD1, build: JZ054K.I717DTLMD1 would be nice.
See my comment below
will check it out. thank you.
When will the new jelly bean update on the att sgh-i717 have access to tmobile hspa? Or how do you do it?
look for the UMCD3 modem and install it using odin under pda. 🙂 i get 4glte and im on tmobile. works perfectly.
Max. Can we get an official root method for the Jelly Bean update just rolled out to the Note? I unrooted for the update, updated, then tried to root via this method. CWM installs and SU says it installed after a few tries, but SU won’t run saying I need a rooted ROM.
I got it. Follow the link below and install this superuser zip from CWMrecovery instead of the one that was included here:
http://download.chainfire.eu/204
Just go to CWM and install this one – nothing else needed to do even though you already tried to install the other SU zip. Just install this new one and it will work on reboot.
Video plus all links here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG_BVwfiACc
Max, Jelly Bean is out for the SGH-i717. Is the rooting method the same for JB i717? Please update the page. Thanks!
see my comment below
well i give up…i asked twice on twitter only to not get an answer but see that he’s active answering other folks everyday.
there is a guy on Youtube that lets you know…haven’t done it yet though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG_BVwfiACc
http://www.androidayos.com/2013/05/04/root-i717ucmd3-galaxy-note-i717-att-android-4-1-2-jelly-bean-update/
Follow the above link and the steps on the linked page and you will be able to root your Note that is running on the new JB update….
ok, so I got it for all of you that want to root from the Jelly Bean update. I had replied, but Max has it set to require “moderation’ where a link is supplied. Remove the asterisks from the links below.
Do everything as the tutorial above tells you, but the Superuser file provided will not work with this version of JB. Follow the link below and install this superuser zip from CWMrecovery instead:
http*:*//download.chainfire*.eu/204
You can see what people have to say about this, but I assure you it is legitimate. I am running it now and I can say that this stock ROM rooted is so much better than the other ROMs for the Note.
http*:*//www.youtube.com*/watch?v=xG_BVwfiACc
Just go to CWM and install this one – nothing else needed to do even though you already tried to install the other SU zip. Just install this new one and it will work on reboot.
This worked like a charm! Thanks Bro!
is this for Canadian versions? there is an issue regarding the restore install script which apparently negates any odin flash
another quickie…do you know where I can get a stock Telus rom just in case i have to go back to stock JB? Just in the interest of being prepared.
ah, so that’s why my post with the youtube link is “still waiting moderation”
Sorry I just approved it, I’ve been busy over the week due to a death in family, hope you understand!
Once rooted is there anything I can do to help with battery drain? Since the update my battery performance has been horrible.
Thanks, JFK. Worked like a charm.
Well this didn’t work for me… I have a SGH-I717r and everything seems to be a problem. When I try to install the package from the SD/Internal, it starts and then when it reaches the signature verification stage it fails… saying Failed to verify signature. I am stuck. Please help
tried it but it didnt work i downloaded root checker and it says i have no acces to root and on titanium back up it says : “ERROR:verify that your rom is rooted and try again!! HELP
Did all of that. Got that same error too. Max, is there anything you can say/do to help?
I was having the same problem, and after several frustrating hours I found this vid on youtube youtube.com/watch?v=vjbiF0Ohpe4
I think the files are just out of date. I used the files this person had linked and i got root no problem.
The image files listed here http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/sgh-i717/ are all for ATT.
Any image files for Telus, or Rogers, or Bell?
Did you ever find a solution for this on a MAC? You kinda left us OSX users hanging…
Thanks in advance.
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Hi guys my phone wont go in to the ClockworkMod Recovery
it only opens the “Android system recovery ”
i tryed all the steps till step 12 like 4 times now and it still didn’t seem to work.
this is what comes up when im done flashing with odin:
Added!!
Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..
File analysis..
SetupConnection..
Initialzation..
Get PIT for mapping..
Firmware update start..
recovery.img
NAND Write Start!!
RQT_CLOSE !!
RES OK !!
Completed..
All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)
Added!!
when i go into the download mode it shows:
ODIN MODE
Product Name: SGH-I717R
Custom Binary Download: YES (4counts)
Current Binary: Custom
hope someone can help me
Thank you
Awesome things here. I’m very satisfied to look your article. Thank you a lot and I am taking a look forward to touch you. Will you kindly drop me a mail?
Where are the files? The donwload website require user and password.
Look for download link between the last two ads.
So I was able to use odin and get CWM on my device. But every time I go and flash the SU it comes up that it was successful but I go into multiple apps to check for root access and I don’t have it. I do not understand, I have followed directions completely but I still don’t have root access.
Try flashing this:
http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/tools/SuperSU/CWM-SuperSU-v0.99.zip
Confirmed. If you are starting with stock JB, use SuperSU-v0.99zip instead of the file in the video (Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip).
Max, perhaps you should add an update below the video in the first post?
I can also confirm that CWM-SuperSU-v0.99.zip was the only SU binary I was able to get to install AND WORK on a deodexed version of stock JB for the i717. I used TWRM for my install. I tried other versions for hours before finally finding this post. A note/update up top pointing to this alternative file would have saved me half a day of beating my head against the wall.
I keep getting stuck at the Samsung boot screen. I have tried and tried and tried, but it always stops at that screen. Please help!
Sorry. I’m just an idiot. I flashed the attstock and did the root process over again and it worked like a charm. Your instructions on getting into recovery mode are slightly off though in this tutorial. After some searching, I was able to find your youtube video and got it no problem. Thanks for the awesome job!
Hey. While trying to root my Note, my computer would no longer recognize my phone, so I couldn’t complete Step 10. Using a different computer I was able to finally get the Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip file onto my phone.
Now I’m trying start the root process over again (a few days later), but Odin is not giving me the RESET! message. Can I just pick up at Step 10 without re-doing the previous steps?
Not sure how to proceed. TIA for any help.
everything went fine, but my phone is not rooted per titanium backup or rootchecker
I ran into the same problem. Max provided an updated SU file in his July 17th post:
https://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-note-i717-roms/how-to-root-att-galaxy-note-sgh-i717-icsgingerbreadeasiest-method/#comment-18028
I used that file for Step 10 and finally have root.
P.S. I started with stock JB.
ATTGalaxyNoteRootICS file not real condition plz re load ATTGalaxyNoteRootICS i m downloading
ATTGalaxyNoteRootICS
Help Please
I have a T-Mobile SGH-T879 , that IS rooted …….. on 4.04 Android ………I cannot find an upgrade to 4.3 update rom …. dose it exists ??? …I’ve been looking for 48 hours ……I’d appreciate your help….found lots of info ….but no working links or instructions……..
Blessings
Yes i am on android 4.1.2
my problem is that the phone was already rooted before the update to 4.1.2
now that i am on 4.1.2 i still have the superuser app but when i click on apps like titanium backup it says that i am not rooted?! how can i give titanium backup root privaleges if it doesnt pop up and ask?
I ran into the same problem. Max provided an updated SU file in his July 17th post:
https://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-note-i717-roms/how-to-root-att-galaxy-note-sgh-i717-icsgingerbreadeasiest-method/#comment-18028
I used that file for Step 10 and finally have root.
P.S. I started with stock JB.
I had a problem, but then did what vegas suggested and it worked…
now the next challenge is to get it unlocked, any ideas?
I have follow the direction according to the instructions and video. Everything went well. When I install titanium backup it said root access FAILED. Is that means the phone is not rooted? I have the AT&T Note running Android ver 4.1.2. Please help!!!
hey i did everything but when i try to go into clockwork recovery using the button combinations, its still goes into android system recovery but everything in odin went like it was supposed to go in the video
Your rooting will not be successful and the author is funny saying that if it fails just keep trying steps 13 to 16. Please do more research a bit. It will not work most of the time if you don’t wipe cache partition in CWM recovery mode. Then install from zip SU and you will be on your way!
I’ve rooted my phone before and had it rooted for a long time, using this same process. Had to un-root and re-root as I was having problems. I can backup using CWM no problem, but Titanium Backup says my phone isn’t rooted? I’ve wiped cahce/dalvik cache and restarted my phone. Still not working. Running android 4.1.2. Thanks!
thks suparedJFK
thanks man it worked , i rooted my samsung galaxy note lte gt-n7005 hongkong success fully cheerrrs
when i click start on Odin , it’s then stuck on ‘setup up connection’ do i have to wait a lot or maybe its different problem..am still using android version 2.2.3 or something like that..help please..
I completed all parts of this(with no errors) but when I used an app called rootchecker it said my device was not rooted. help?
give the kingo root a try adam sounds like the same problem i had
ok so i was stuck and didnt have proper root, follow the video and the steps over and over. everything was good every time until i used root checker basic. kept telling me i dont have proper root. so thought i would try kingo root. A one click method. now i have root so between both the steps/video and kingo root seemed to work. samsung galaxy note sgh-i717r 4.1.2. this is not not a proven method but seemed to work in case others are stuck like i was
if the showing pass,the root checker is still say is not rooted at all,so what should i do now please i need your help here
and thanks for the root
Try flashing one of the latest versions of SuperSU in recovery: http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/tools/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.00.zip