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HowTo Root the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2

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== Rooting the Device ==== STEPS - Rooting the Device ==1. Run Odin3-v1.85.exe# Extract CF-Auto-Root-espressowifi-espressowifiue-gtp3113.zip to CF-Auto-Root-espressowifi-espressowifiue-gtp3113.tar.md5 and make sure Odin is extracted too so you have Odin3-v1.85.exe2. Hold the volume down button on the Samsung# Charge your Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 at least up to 70% to avoid any interruption during the installation process.# Install Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 drivers on your computer. If you have already KIES installed on your computer, drivers aren’t needed.# Run Odin on your computer (double click Odin3-v1.85.exe)# On the tablet, Press volume down + power button simultaneously and HOLD DOWN until not only the tablet reboots, it also goes into software download mode.# Connect the USB cable from the tablet to the computer.# Press the volume down button on the tablet to tell it to enter download mode.# Odin should detect the tablet is connected.  If it does, you will see an "Added!!!" message in the Odin interface.# Click on PDA button and select the file named: CF-Auto-Root-espressowifi-espressowifiue-gtp3113.tar.md5# To initialize flashing process click on the Start button. It will take a few minutes in this process.  Don't touch anything during the process.  Wait for the tablet to finish and reboot itself.# Tablet gets rebooted automatically after the flashing gets successfully finished. You will get a pass message in Odin’s message box.&nbsp;[[File:odin-android-update.png]]<BR>Illustration: Screenshots of the Android tablet during the install process.&nbsp;[[File:Odin3v1-85_16b.png]]<BR>Illustration: The Odin interface after successfully flashing the tablet.== Verify Root Access ==After the process is done, and the tablet has rebooted, everything should pretty much look the same since we didn't replace TouchWiz.  You can always install a custom ROM to replace the TouchWiz interface later, now that the tablet is rooted.To verify a successful rooting of the tablet simply go to the apps tray and look for SuperSU.  If you have [[ES File Explorer]] installed you should activate the "root explorer" option under settings.  You will be prompted to allow root permission by SuperSU.  Once you do that, you will see ES File Explorer listed in the SuperSU interface.
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