N7000: How to ROOT N7000ZSKK1

My current ROM state. N7000ZSKK1 (Hong Kong version 2.3.6).

and now it's rooted.

How do I ROOT it?
I'm using the same technique as before where I root my DXKK1. zergRUSH is the way to ROOT. Clean and safest way. You will taste ZSKK1 as it is with SU and Busybox ADDED. Now I can installed and run root required apps...

Continue rooting? click here

Samsung firmware version information

Before flashing you should know some basic version information of your current ROM and to which ROM you are going to. Is it new update or just moving from country to another country?

The easiest way to get your phone information.

Firmware version: *#1234#
S/W version: *#1111#
H/W version: *#2222#

Now that you have typed the firmware version code and that you are on the screen, you will get 3 different pieces of information. As an example, my phone shows (I had flash Hong Kong version):

PDA: N7000ZSKK1
PHONE: N7000XXKJ6
CSC: N7000OZSKK1

Build Info: Thu Nov 3 16:31:33 KST 2011


Definition
PDA is the operating system with its programs and settings included.
PHONE is the modem firmware file, parts of which are required to access the hardware.
CSC (for consumer software customisation) are the regional settings applied which may install additional programs as well as provider-specific settings (APN).

PDA AND PHONE CODE MEANING
What does N7000XXKK1 means?
N7000(=model) XX(=Region) K(=Year) K(=Month) A(=Revision)
N7000= Galaxy Note

SAMSUNG REGION CODES
BD Cyprus, Greece
CP Finland
DBVietnam
DC Thailand
DD India
DT Australia
DX Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam
DZ Malaysia, Singapore
JA South Africa
JC Algeria, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia
JP Arabic
JR Arabic
JV Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey
MT Switzerland
XA Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom
XB Denmark, Norway, Sweden
XC Portugal, Spain
XD Croatia, Czech, Hungary, Slovakia
XE Bulgaria, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine
XF Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania
XW France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom
XX Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom
ZC China, Hong Kong
ZH Hong Kong
ZT Taiwan

YEAR CODES
A 2001
B 2002
C 2003
D 2004
E 2005
F 2006
G 2007
H 2008
I 2009
J 2010
K 2011
L 2012

MONTH CODES
A January
B February
C March
D April
E May
F June
G July
H August
I September
J October
K November
L December

REVISION CODES
1 = 1
2 = 2
3 = 3
A = 10
B = 11
C = 12

That not difficult to understand your phone version. The code quite simple but flashing between region quite confusing. My advice is just look at the Android version.. like moving from Android 2.3.5 to Android 2.3.6. There should be enhancement or bug fixes in the new Android version.

N7000: How to flash N7000ZSKK1 (2.3.6)

I would like to flash my Galaxy Note to Hong Kong version 2.3.6. It's reported have better battery performance and S-Pen alignment. What should I do?


Download these files:

1. Download N7000ZSKK1 (password: samfirmware.com)
2. Download ODIN

Now you are ready to flash.

TODO
1. Run ODIN on your PC

Note: Make sure your phone is 100% for better battery calibration

2. Odin Configuration (See image above for files setup)
- Check Re-Partition, Auto Reboot, and F. Reset Time options.

- Check and select .pit file
Q1_20110914_16GB.pit
- Check and select PDA file
CODE_N7000ZSKK1_CL706440_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5
- Check and select PHONE file
MODEM_N7000XXKJ6_REV_05_CL1070146.tar.md5
- Check and select CSC file
GT-N7000-MULTI-CSC-OZSKK1.tar.md5

Note: Bootloader. Leave it BLANK

3. Ready your phone in Download Mode by pressing  
Volume down + Home + Power on Button, then press Volume Up to continue.

4. Connect your PC and Phone via USB cable provided until COM port connected.
5. Once ready, click Start button

6. Sit back and relax and let's it finished. Green and PASS
7. Disconnect phone. DONE

Optional: 
Do the reset by pressing *2767*3855# from dial pad. Extremely dangerous. It will WIPE your phone after pressing #. Do BACK-UP!

You should have this at the end of flashing...

Important: After reboot remember to Change Language to English on the first screen. By default it's Chinese.

For your knowledge:

• PDA is the operating system with its programs and settings included.
• PHONE is the modem firmware file, parts of which are required to access the hardware.
• CSC (for consumer software customisation) are the regional settings applied which may install additional programs as well as provider-specific settings (APN).

Note:
-Moving from one region to another region ROM required ODIN in order to have proper or clean firmware installed. Patching technique sometime might introduce unexpected problem.
 -Rooting using zergRUSH is the cleanest way to inject SU and Busybox.


How to ROOT it, click here OR using the safest way zergRUSH


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