Samsung Galaxy S III is on my hand at last. After waited for 1 week, I got myself a Samsung Galaxy S3 from Celcom finally. No pebble blue Samsung Galaxy S3 for me as it was out of stock. So I took marble white. Don’t want to wait anymore. Marble white Samsung Galaxy S3 can take lot of colour casings. And it is good to make comparison to white HTC One X.
ClockworkMod Recovery Mode (CWM) is a must have utility on my Samsung Galaxy Note II. With ClockworkMod Recovery (CWM) on Samsung Galaxy Note 2, I can perform stuffs like backup & restore with Nandroid, install custom ROM, kernel, modification and mount external SD card as storage. Don’t have it yet? No worry, just follow this guide to install it ~ How to install ClockworkMod Recovery (CWM) on Samsung Galaxy Note 2? (Video)
Oh no, there is root exploit vulnerability in Samsung Exynos 4 SoC. All Android smartphones and tablets which use Samsung Exynos 4 SoC are affected. This includes Samsung Galaxy S2, Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, Samsung Galaxy Note, Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7, Samsung Galaxy S3, Samsung Galaxy Note 2, Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, Meizu MX and Meizu MX2. Android applications or games can easily get access to root level without asking and without any permission on these devices due to security hole in Samsung kernel. So how to fix Samsung Exynos 4 root exploit vulnerability?
Feel free to ignore this article if you did not root Samsung Galaxy Note 2. Because you can’t backup and restore Samsung Galaxy Note 2 EFS without root access. And you don’t need to worry about EFS at all when not rooted.
What is EFS? It is a place that stores your Android smartphone important data like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth MAC address and IMEI (nv_data.bin). Do take note if you are a frequent ROM / firmware flasher or rooted your Android phone. Install unstable or poorly cooked ROM might cause EFS partition to be corrupted or missing. This will make your Samsung Galaxy Note 2 fail to make voice call due to missing IMEI number. Therefore better to make a backup of your Samsung Galaxy Note 2 EFS partition.
Why should you root Google Nexus 7? Personally, the 2 top reasons that I root Nexus 7 ~ application, data & system settings backup and remove advertisement. Besides, you can further improve Nexus 7 performance and enhance user experience with root access. Lot of useful Android applications and modifications require root access to work. In addition, you can install custom kernel and ROM which will improve Nexus 7 overall performance and battery life. Therefore, root Nexus 7 is a must for me. And for you too…
