How to Root the AT&T Galaxy Note (I717) running Ice-Cream Sandwich
If you are looking to root your Galaxy Note, look no more as this guide below will get you rooted in no time at all and have you flashing a custom ROM of your choice. Why do you need to flash a custom ROM? Only to get the features that your manufacturer forgot to include of course. So read on then if you want to root your AT&T Galaxy Note running Ice-Cream Sandwich.
I. Before You Begin
1. Back up everything you feel is important.
2. Make sure you have your device charged to 75% or more before you begin.
3. You will need to have a custom recovery installed for this procedure to work. Look to our guide on the same to help you with this.
4. This procedure works only with the AT&T Galaxy Note that has been updated officially to Ice-Cream Sandwich. Do not try this if you are still running Gingerbread.
II. Necessary Downloads
Superuser-i717-ICS-signed.zip [File attached to this post]
III. Rooting the Galaxy Note
1. Connect your device to your PC in MTP Mode and copy the Superuser-i717-ICS-signed.zip to your SD card.
2. Disconnect your device and shut it down.
3. Press and hold the Volume Up + Volume Down + Power buttons and let them go once your device boots into recovery mode.
4. Use the Volume Up and Down keys to highlight to apply update from sdcard and press the home button to select it.
5. Locate and Superuser-i717-ICS-signed.zip to flash the file.
6. Once you see the install from sdcard complete message, highlight and select reboot system now.
Your Galaxy Note should be rooted once it reboots! Look for the Superuser app to confirm that you indeed have root access.
If this procedure helped you please thank/donate to the original developers here.
If you need help with this procedure, please ask in the comments below or in the forum.
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How long do I have to hold down “volume up + home + power” before it will boot into recovery mode? I have held it for over a minute.
I get a E:signature verification failed.
Installation aborted message.
SGH I717 ATT
I was able to root this last night with success, but when I tried to change to JellyBeer things started going wrong. So I went back with a samsung backup file: Samsung-Updates.com-SGH-I717_ATT_1_20120626105519_xjz3zu6e0d, just to get out of the boot loop. The phone is working like normal but I want to ROOT still!
Any help would be appreciated greatly.
works for Jelly Bean 4.1.2??
Well, it’s supposed to work on ICS only, however, you can try it on Jelly Bean to see if it works.
do you know if it works w/ 4.1.2? also after you root the phone how do I get 4.3 loaded onto the phone? thanks in advance.
did it work for 4.1.2 ?
Any help on this folks? Getting the same error when trying this
Thank you!! this really worked for me
That’s great! Glad we could help you!
Great instructions, the only correction I would make is that you hold the Volume Up + Volume Down + Power buttons, not the home button in step 3.
thanks, we have changed the guide to reflect your suggestion! 🙂
mi equipo corre gingerbread ucla 1 . este equipo se puede actualizar