The Next Big Thing is here. The reimagined Samsung Galaxy Note5 is designed to keep up with your busy life. Explore the multitasking features, seamless sharing and the enhanced S Pen you'll only find on a Galaxy Note. I will be happy to assist you with this. If the device is a Samsung Galaxy Note 5, it means that it is a Domestic SIM Unlock (DSU) capable device, therefore, we can submit the unlock request on our end if the device is eligible. Installing Custom Recovery on Galaxy Note 5 will void your phone warranty, and you won’t claim it back. This method is only for the International Samsung Galaxy Note 5 (Sprint), Samsung Galaxy Note 5 DUOS, Samsung Galaxy Note 5 GSM only don’t try it on any other model. Follow the steps correctly otherwise you may brick your device.
After posting root process of Galaxy Note 5 N920C, now we are here to root Sprint Note 5 N920P on Android 7.0 Nougat firmware. If you were looking for the easiest method to root Nougat on your Sprint Note 5 N920P then we have great news for you. Chainfire’s Auto-root package is released for Galaxy Note 5 variants running Nougat firmware, we have posted complete method to root Sprint Note 5 N920P on android 7.0 nougat. We are following the same process we used for other Galaxy devices.
Note: Sprint Note 5 N920P can be easily rooted via Chainfire’s Auto root package, rooting your device requires flashing the CF-Auto root package via Odin so the process is almost same for every Samsung device. We don’t need to change it for every device, we have already followed the same process for other Galaxy devices as well.
Process to root Sprint Note 5 N920P on Nougat Android 7.0 via Odin
Disclaimer: Follow the guide on your own risk, the writer would not be responsible if you damage your device during the process nor we are forcing you to perform the flashing process. Don’t proceed if you think you can’t follow the instructions carefully.
Before you begin:
Your device must be charged minimum 60% to avoid shut down during process.
You will lose the warranty once your device gets root access.
Back up important data including contacts, messages, WhatsApp conversation and even call logs. Click here to see how to create a Nandroid backup.
Enable USB Debugging. Go to Settings > Developer options > USB Debugging
Downloads section:
Download and install the latest USB drivers for Samsung on PC. Click here
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Download latest Odin 3.12.3. Click here
Download and extract CF-Auto-root for Sprint Note 5 N920P: Click here
Process to root Nougat on Sprint Note 5 N920P via Odin
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Turn off your phone completely.
Now reboot your device into Download Mode, to do so follow this guide.
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Once in download Mode, follow this guide to flash the CF-Auto-root package via Odin.
That’s all! If you have successfully rooted your Sprint Note 5 N920P on Android 7.0 Nougat firmware, give us your feedback and stay tuned for more updates.
The following guide teaches you how to root Samsung Galaxy Note 5 smartphones. The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 is the latest flagship phablet with all the bells and whistles. You can make those bells ring louder by giving it root access to the internal system. Once you successfully unchain and unlock the device, you are then able to tweak the performance, remove the bloatware, increase the battery life, install many more apps that are for root-only users and much more. Here’s everything you need to root Samsung Galaxy Note 5.
REQUIREMENTS
- The guide below is made for the Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 5. Do not try flashing the files on a different device. If you flash the files on the wrong device it will brick your device.The guide works with the latest Android 5.1 Lollipop update it comes with out of the box. That is the latest software update at the time of writing this guide. We cannot guarantee this guide works in future software updates, including the soon to be Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
BEFORE WE BEGIN
- Download the Samsung USB Driver for mobile phones from pour page. It should be enough to install them now on the computer and continue with the guide. In spite of this, if you are not finding the guide working for you, try rebooting the computer. The drivers might need the computer to reboot before they start working.
- You are voiding the warranty by following this guide. Most problems causes directly from rooting are easily fixed with Samsung devices thanks to the user-friendly flashing process they have with the Odin tool. Just download your stock ROM and flash it through Odin. That should solve your bricking concerns. With that being said, should you need the warranty working again, unrooting it won’t necessarily work. Samsung devices have Knox security too.
HOW TO ROOT SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 5 ON ANDROID 5.1 LOLLIPOP
- Download the custom kernel to the desktop of the computer.
- Download the Odin flashing tool for Windows PC from here.
- Unzip both the custom kernel and the Odin flashing tool to the desktop of the computer.
- Reboot the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 in download mode. You must press the Volume Down + Power + Home keys to get that done.
- Now that you are in the download mode, find the USB cable you usually use for charging.
- Connect the USB cable to the computer and the Samsung Galaxy Note 5.
- Now you are ready to upload the custom kernel to Odin.
- Click the AP button and browse the desktop for the custom kernel. Remember, you must unzip the file before you can upload it with Odin.
- Leave the default settings in Odin. You should have the re-partition box empty.
- Click the Start button and let Odin take over.
- The Odin flashing tool will now continue to flash your device so it finishes up with the root access.
- Once you see the pass message on Odin’s display, you are free to unplug from the computer.
Now that you have gain rooting permissions, you might be interested in learning how to install a custom recovery on the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 smartphone.