Come on, let’s install custom kernel on Samsung Galaxy Note II. Why? Good custom kernel usually has better performance and enables more features on your Android smartphone like Samsung Galaxy Note 2. Example, benefits to battery life, screen improvement, fluidity and sound enhancements are some of the added features. For advanced users, you can play around with overclocking, undervolting voltage control, multiple tweaked CPU governors and GPU overclocking to further improve performance and battery life. Some custom kernels also provide root access, insecure adb, custom boot animation support, I/O tweaks, automatic backup of EFS partition, NTFS USB driver support… Just try out several custom kernels for Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and keep the one that you prefer.
How to install custom kernel on Samsung Galaxy Note 2?
There are 2 ways to install custom kernel on Samsung Galaxy Note 2 ~ via Odin and ClockworkMod Recovery (CWM). Use Odin to install tar file and use CWM to install zip file. Please refer to these guides ~ How to install ClockworkMod Recovery (CWM) on Samsung Galaxy Note 2? (Video) for Odin installation and How to install update zip with CWM on Samsung Galaxy Note 2? (Video) for CWM installation. They are not the exact guide but the installation method is the same. And do get more information from custom kernel website.
Perseus Kernel is one of the custom kernels for Samsung Galaxy Note 2 that you should try. Download it here.