How to Root the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 LTE (Android 4.3)
Rooting is the process of gaining administrative rights on your Android device. Once we root our Android device, we can then make changes to it to customize it well beyond what it normally can do.
Once you have root access on your Samsung Galaxy Note 3 LTE, you’ll be able to:
- Remove apps that were preinstalled by your carrier/manufacturer from your device.
- Free up storage space (because of the above benefit).
- Increase battery life (apps that might have been running constantly can be removed).
- Increase performance (after removing apps that are always running, the device will be less bogged down and run smoother).
- Update to a new version of Android (by flashing a custom recovery/ROM, see the end of this procedure for more info on that).
- Tons of other customizations when you use your new found administrative rights to flash a custom ROM (again, see the end of this procedure for more info on that).
Interested? Here’s how to root your Samsung Galaxy Note 3 LTE:
I. Before You Begin
1. This will void the warranty of your device. However, you can reinstate the warranty by unrooting your device if there’s any unrooting procedure available.
2. This should only work on Windows based PCs.
II. Downloading Required Files
1. Download Odin and save it to your Desktop.
2. Download CF-Root and save it to your Desktop.
CF-Root (SM-N9005) (Download the one for 4.3 from third post)
III. Rooting the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 LTE running Android 4.3
1. Extract files from both archives by right-clicking on each of them and selecting Extract here.
2. Double-click on Odin and it’ll open.
3. Click on PDA and choose the file that you got after extracting the CF-Root archive.
4. Make sure only Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time boxes are checked in the Odin.
5. Turn OFF your device.
6. Turn it back on by holding down Volume DOWN+Home+Power buttons together.
7. Press Volume UP button and you should enter the Download mode.
8. Plug in your device to your PC via USB cable.
9. Hit Start in the Odin and it’ll begin flashing the root file on your device.
10. Once it’s been flashed, your device should reboot.
11. You’re now rooted!
All set! Now, you can head to our How to Flash a Custom Recovery procedure for the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 LTE to open up a whole new world of customizations for your Android device!
By the way, don’t be scared, you can always put your device back to stock by heading to our Rooting How To’s section, finding your device, and doing the How to Unroot listed for it there.
Hi I would like to ask you if the procedure that you are describing changes the Knox number from 0 to 1 on download mode. If this is the case even if any user unroots his device, there is no way to get Knox back to 0, so I think that the warranty remains void. Am I right?
do you have a list of custom rom for the n9005 lte?