- First thing first if your Galaxy Note is not running latest ICS 4.0.3 N7000XXLPY, upgrade it first by following instructions at How to upgrade Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000 to Official Ice Cream Sandwich ICS 4.0.3 N7000XXLPY
- Prepare USB cable, Fully charged N7000
- Download CF-Root-SGN_XX_OXA_LPY-v5.3-CWM5.zip and extract it until you have CF-Root-SGN_XX_OXA_LPY-v5.3-CWM5.tar file
- Download Odin3 v1.87 from here
- If you have not install Samsung USB drivers or Samsung KIES yet, download here or mirror and then install it.
- Turn off the phone
- Put your Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000 into download mode by pressing and holding Volume down + HOME + Power button until Warning!! message appear on phone screen's and the press Volume Up button to continue
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[/caption]- Your Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000 should be in downloading mode now, (Android picture with Downloading... text appear on the phone)
- Connect Galaxy Note to pc by USB cable, make sure driver is installed
- Open Odin3 v1.87.exe
- Make sure your N7000 detected by odin (ID:COM should be yellow on odin)
[caption id="attachment_414" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000 download mode detected by Odin downloader"]
[/caption]- Here is the files that should be selected on odin :
PDA : CF-Root-SGN_XX_OXA_LPY-v5.3-CWM5.tar
- Press Start button then rooting and installing ClockWorkMod Recovery on Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000 running official stock ROM Ice Cream Sandwich ICS 4.0.3 N7000XXLPY process will be started
- Wait until finish and odin show PASS!
- Congratulations, you have rooted and installed CWM recovery on Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000 running official stock ROM Ice Cream Sandwich ICS 4.0.3 N7000XXLPY now
- To enter CWM recovery mode, press and hold Volume Up + HOME + Power button until CWM recovery screen shown up while phone in off state
