How to Root samsung Galaxy Note 2 N7100

On below article we will learn you How to Root Samsung Galaxy Note 2N7100, we’ll try by using simple instructions to offer you the main benefits of rooting that can offer you the possibility to install the new custom ROMs that will come on the future.
The pre requisites you will have to follow this guide are:

• This rooting process is and work only for Samsung Galaxy Note 2 international version, model number N7100. For checking the model number follows the next path: “Settings > About Phone”.
• After the device is rooted you’ll lose the warranty for your device, for get back your warranty is to re applying with the official firmware update, firmware that you currently have it.

It is very important when you make a rooting process for one device make a backup for all personal data stored on your device; that’s why we strangely recommend always saving your important data. Below you’ll find some ways to save your important data from your device.

• For saving your SMS, please use “SMS Backup & Restore app”.
• For saving your Contacts, please use “Sync with the Gmail application”.
• For saving your stored Call Log, please use Call Log and Restore.
• For saving your Images files, Songs and Videos files, and other important Files please Copy to internal / External SD Card.
• For APN and MMS Settings, you can note down from the path “Applications > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names”

The battery charge level should not be less than 40 %, if your phone will discharge in the middle of the process can damage your device hardware or software.
We recommend turning off your antivirus protection and your firewall suites present in your smartphone, these protections can interrupt the firmware update process.

Note: – This post is only for the educational purpose. So if, anything happens to your device we are not responsible for that. Follow carefully all the instructions mention in this tutorial, all changes you’ll make on your device is only your own risk.

How to Root Galaxy Note 2 N7100 Android Phone:

• First, download the Rooting Package for Galaxy Note 2 N7100 device.
• Download Odin from here to your PC, and running the Odin app.
• Extract the archives on your computer.
• Now turn off your smartphone to can be entered in Download Mode.
• Enter in Download Mode by pressing the Volume up button and Power button both on the same time while the phone is turned off.

Note: If your phone starts in the Normal Mode way, you should retry the procedure to enter in Download Mode.

• Connect your Samsung Galaxy Note 2 with the original USB cables with your PC.
• Now the Odin app should see that: ID: COM section will turn Yellow indicating. That means all the drivers are installed successfully.

Note: If ID : COM section doesn’t turn Yellow, please check Install USB Drivers in your computer and follow the next path “Settings > Wireless & Network > USB Settings” and verify if the “Samsung KIES” option is checked before connecting the smartphone to the PC.

• Click on “PDA” button to select “cwm6-root-note2.tar.md5”, after you have selected the mentioned file, click “START” button.

The firmware update process is started now, when the rooting process is successfully made, the smartphone will restart automatically, in a normal way this restart take longer time and you should wait. When you’ll see the Home screen you can disconnect your smartphone.
The latest step is to verify if your device is rooted or not, for make this, please use the “Root Checker” app, application which you can download from the Google play Store.

Note: If your smartphone doesn’t boot up or refused to appear the Home screen, the you should press the power button a long time, to turn off your device and follow the tutorial from the begin.

Now you know How to Root your Galaxy Note 2 N7100 Android Phone.

Download Call Logs Backup & Restore App For Android devices

The ‘Call Logs Backup & Restore’ is a free application for smartphones with Android based operation system that allows the clients to backup call logs directly on the internal device SD card.
Simply you should to create a special folder where call log backup will be stored.
The backup is stored by default in /sdcard/CallLogBackupRestore folder.
This application helps if you need to keep a history of your all the calls (made from or received on your device). The Android system operation have possibility to keep a history of the 500 latest calls and any another call older is automatically deleted when the call overcome this limit.
Call Logs Backup & Restore has support for up 500 calls and with this app you can easily restore all the call log on your phone.
Another great function for this small application it is the possibility when you made an update for your phone, rooted or flashed the firmware of your device and lost all call logs, ‘Call Logs Backup & Restore’ is able to backup and restore your call logs. It is very easy to download it and install it on your smartphone, only go and click here to download Call Logs Backup & Restore from Google play market store.
The application comes with great features:

• The format for Backup Call Logs / History is in XML format.
• You can choose a scheduled time to automatically backup every day if you want to have an auto save job.
• Like as say before, you can choose the name of the file to make the backup.
• You can easily to open with a browser the XML file for viewing easily the content.
• We have the option to adding the date in readable format.
• Another great option it is to use an “Archive Mode” where the backup data keeps getting added to a single file.
• The Backup format is independent of the Android version, so you can easily to move your call logs from an old Android version to a new one, or invers.

Restore Call Logs.

• We have the option to select the backup file to be restored from the folder.
• We can easily view Backup Contents from within the App.
• With this application we can delete all Call Logs on the Phone.
• The application has possibility to Email us a backup file.

Delete existing backup files.

• A specific Option it is to delete old files automatically after specified number of days.

The User Interface has a friendly and easily mode to work with this application, have 6 buttons in the first screen:
Backup: with this button we can to back-up all the Call logs on the phone to the xml file.
Restore: with this button we can read the xml file and creates a new Call log for every entry found in the file. The Duplicates are checked based on number, duration and date/time of the call.
View: with this button we can view the contents of the backup file.
Delete Backups: This button allows us to make a selection of backup files to be deleted.
Delete Calls: This button helps us to deletes all the Call logs on the phone, so that a Restore can be performed.
Donate: with this button if you wish to donate for the App via PayPal access this button.
In Menu Option we find:
Help: – with the help information about the ‘Call Logs Backup & Restore’ App.
Preferences: with this option we can open the Preferences Screen.
Send by Email: this option allows you to send the backup file by a custom email.

Sync Contacts on Android with Gmail Account

If you love to customize your Android device then you should know it is very easily to sync your contacts stored on your device with the device’s designated Gmail account.
This method will help you to keep your contacts from the phone, or Google plus contacts synchronized with your Gmail account, you can easy perform all new changes and after that to sync with your Gmail account in several steps.
Syncing all your contacts stored in your Android device with Gmail accounts is important if you want to root your device, or to update with  new firmware your phone.
When you’ll root or updating your phone, you’re risking always to lose data stored on your device,  this data can be SMS text messages, MMS, and your contacts. This thing makes us search a solution to prevent this type of data corruption, for helps the Android Users to don’t corrupt them contacts I will present how sync the Android contacts with the Gmail account successfully.
Before guide, you should verify if your contacts are linked with your Gmail account.

• First Open Contacts.

• Now press the Menu>Settings button

• Select the ‘Merge with Google’ after that confirms the action. If you have more than one Gmail accounts you should select the one account which you want to be the default account to host your contacts.

• A pop-up notify message will appear if everything has been successfully merged.

How to sync your contacts with Gmail account guide:

1. First verify if you have a Gmail installed on your Android device.
2. Open the App Drawer>Settings>Accounts and Sync
3. Enable the Accounts and syncing service.
4. Now should  select your Gmail account from the e-mail accounts setup.
5. Verify and make sure that you have enabled ‘Sync Contacts’ Option.
6. Press ‘Sync now’ button and now wait until all your contacts stored on your device have been successfully synchronized with your Gmail account.
7. Open Gmail account on a web browser in an external PC and click the Gmail text link that is listed on the upper left side of your Gmail profile.
8. Now should  select Contacts and then see a page with all the contacts from your Android smartphone have been stored.

That’s all should do it to sync your Android contacts with your account. If you have supplementary extra questions fell free to ask in our comment section.
If you have rooted your device and select factory reset, or you’ve change the custom ROMs, then you’ll need to sync your Gmail account again with your device, and all the phone number and contacts will be restored in your phone; otherwise all your contacts will be remove.

Update the Samsung Galaxy ACE with the Official DDKQ8 Gingerbread 2.3.6 Firmware

If your haven’t rooted or installed a custom firmware on your Samsung Galaxy Ace, with this tutorial I will show you how you can update your Samsung Galaxy ACE with the Official DDKQ8 Gingerbread 2.3.6 firmware, the  DDKQ8 update comes as a themed version of the Stock Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread. This Update is not the latest Gingerbread built, but, with this update you’ll  improve the older version for the stock Samsung Galaxy Ace. We don’t speak about a big improvement in performance,but this update is more a bug fixer and in plus comes with remarkable advantages. The DDKQ8 update can be applied for your rooted smartphone, and it is interesting, this official update for Samsung can be used, like a tool to revert to the unrooted stock version, in case you have to send your device to warranty. This new update comes with new enhancements, like improved battery life, RAM DUMP Mode error are solved the home screen lag and the brightness bug have been solved a good Stability fixes have been induced in this version

 Note:- This post is only for the educational purpose. So if, anything happens to your device we are not responsible for that.

Before to begin apply the  updating process we recommend to back up up all your personal data stored on the device, even if the developer does specify that, always is good to make a backup-up for all your data. Bellow we will show you some methods to help you save all important data stored on your phone:

•  Save your personal Text messages by installing SMS Backup & Restore.
• Sync your Phone Contacts via your Gmail/Google account or you can export the contacts to your micro SD card.
• Save your Call Log by installing the Call Log Backup and Restore application.
• Charge your phone to a minimum of 60%, we always recommends charging your device to full that ensure your device will not power of during the update installation process.
• Save your internet setup and MMS settings, you can back-up all these by settings from this patch: “Applications > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names”
• Enable the USB debugging on your phone following this patch: Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging. The USB Debugging option should be ticked.
• Go to disable your antivirus protection and other security services (firewall), because these services can interfere with the installing update process.

The updating procedure for your Galaxy Ace in not a simple task, but if you respect and read carefully all instructions we will not risk to the phone.
With this in our attention bellow is the procedure for :

 How to Update the Samsung Galaxy ACE with the Official DDKQ8 Gingerbread 2.3.6 Firmware:

• Download DDKQ8 Gingerbread 2.3.6 Firmware Package on your PC after that extract it on your desktop to have an easy access to it, verify if you have four files in the archive, please make sure you have all four file before moving on forward.
• Next step is to start the Odin program from the extracted files.
• Now power off your Samsung Galaxy Ace phone.
• Start your device into Download mode, for do this press the Menu Key and then press Power On button simultaneously, after the device has been shut down completely. Verify you are on the Download Mode before moving to the next step.
• Connect your phone in Download Mode status with the original USB cable to the computer already running the Odin app and now wait for Odin recognize the device, when Odin has recognized your phone, just look the color of the ID : COM window, if the color is yellow you are ready to proceed. Now please be careful, because the following step has a bit hard complexity.
• Press the One Package option from the top left side of Odin app.
• Then click the OPS button in the right part of Odin and select the Cooper_v1.0.ops file.
• Click the One Package button in the bottom right and select  S5830DDKQ8_S5830ODDKQ7_S5830DDKQ8_HOME.tar.md5 file.

Please verify the image below to be sure if you have put the files on the right places:

• Now Press the Start button in Odin app and now you should wait a couple of minutes for the Odin program to do its process.

• After the Odin has finished its job, your Samsung Galaxy Ace should automatically restart. This reboot and boot may normal take a little long time.

When, you’ll see the home welcome screen you will know the update ha been successfully made and you can enjoy the Official DDKQ8 Gingerbread 2.3.6 Firmware on your Samsung Galaxy Ace device.