root note3

[speedspeed]

hi
thinking about rooting my note3
found this guide
Safety Root N9005XXUGNG1 Galaxy Note 3 Without Knocking KNOX counter 0x0 - GalaxyNote3Update
should be ok?
also how can you backup current firmware?

 

[Rukbat]

Before I looked at your link, Towel Root was what I was going to suggest. As long as your kernel date (Settings/General/About device/Kernel) is earlier than June 3, 2004, it will work. (If not, it won't cause any problem, it will just tell you that it can't root the phone.)

To back things up, try Safestrap. I don't ever want a phone without something like that again. (I flashed a keyboard as a ROM. You can guess how well the phone liked that. I restarted into Safestrap, deleted that slot, set the original slot back as active and had my phone back - it took about 2 minutes.) You can back up, flash a new ROM in a different slot to try it out without losing your current setup, back up your current setup before trying something that may take hours to undo, etc.

 

[speedspeed]

kernel 28jul 2014

 

[Rukbat]

Keep checking the XDA forum for that model until someone finds an exploit.