You can now root Verizon Galaxy Tab 2 on ICS and Jelly Bean firmware by flashing the pre-rooted stock firmware on your device. Besides, you can also unlock its bootloader and install CWM or TWRP recovery.

The Android devices from Verizon are considered very hard to hack due to their safety and security and locked bootloaders. A perpetual game of hide and seek is always going on between the most significant carrier of the USA and some of the sharp brains of the Android community. Verizon keeps strengthening the wall and our terrific developers take the new challenges with open hands.

While the international variants of the Galaxy Tab 2 are very easy to root and install a customized recovery, rooting the Galaxy Tab 2 SCH-I705 from Verizon is a little complicated. If you have this tablet device and you wish to root it, unlock its bootloader and install a customized recovery like ClockworkMod or TWRP, we have come with a ideal guide (at least I think so) for the same. using this guide, you can root your Galaxy Tab 2 on Ice cream Sandwich and Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean firmware.

Having root access on your Galaxy Tab 2 SCH-I705 can be beneficial in numerous ways. You’ll be able to install a lot of very helpful apps that require root permission, flash a mod or customized ROM to enhance its performance.

Disclaimer:

Please note that the method described below is considered risky. It will void the warranty of your device and if not followed carefully, might brick it too. You have been warned! proceed if you are ready to face the consequences.

Warning: Do not try this method if your device’s firmware version is VRBMI1 or above!

Prerequisites:

Download Odin3 tool and extract the zip: Odin3_v3.04.zip

Download one of the following firmwares and extract it on your desktop:

Pre-rooted ICS firmware: sch-i705_4.0.4_VRLJ1_prerooted_ODIN.7z

Pre-rooted Jelly Bean firmware:  jellybean-4.1.2-rooted_sch-i705.tar.md5-COMPRESSED.7z

Download insecure bootloader for unlocking bootloader. After downloading, place it on the main (root) directory of your device’s SD card: aboot.img

Download your preferred customized recovery from below:

CWM recovery (no touch): recovery.tar.md5 

TWRP recovery (supports touch): TWRP_2440.tar.md5 

Download and install either Samsung USB chauffeurs or Kies on your PC.

Turn on USB Debugging on your Galaxy Tab 2 SCH-I705 from Settings> developer options.

Charge your device so that it has about 70% battery level.

Installing Rooted firmware on Tab 2 SCH-I705:

Turn off your Tab and boot it into recovery mode: press and hold the volume Up +Power keys together till you see a green Android bot on the screen, then release the Power essential and keep the volume Up essential pressed till you see a menu with “Android System Recovery” written on the top. use the volume and Power keys when the device is in this mode.

Now scroll down and “wipe data/factory reset”.

Then “wipe cache partition” too.

Do not reboot or turn off the device and boot it directly into download Mode: hold down the volume Down + Power buttons till you see a cautioning screen and then press the volume Up essential to continue to the download mode.

Now launch Odin3 3.04 and connect the device to the computer using a USB cable.

Wait till your Tab is detected by Odin. A successful connection is indicated by the ID:COM port on Odin looking to Blue and “Added!” message on the box below.

Do touch anything else on Odin and click on PDA button. navigate to the firmware file with .tar.md5 extension and select it.

When you are sure that you have not missed anything, click the start button on Odin.

The firmware will be flashed to your device in a few minutes and then you will see PASS! message on Odin.

Your Verizon Galaxy Tab 2 will now reboot automatically and it will have root access. To check it, open the app drawer on your device and look for an app called “SuperSU”. open it and update the SU binary if it asks you to do so. You can now any app that needs root. Enjoy!

Unlocking the Bootloader on Verizon Galaxy Tab 2:

Before you proceed to install a customized recovery on your Tab, we recommend you to unlock the bootloader on your device first. here are the steps:

Download and install Android terminal Emulator app on your Galaxy Tab 2 and grant it root access.

Make sure that you have copied the “aboot.img” file to the root directory of your device.

Open the terminal Emulator and type the following command on it:
su
cd /sdcard/
dd if=aboot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5
reboot download

The insecure bootloader will be pushed to your device and the bootloader will be unlocked.

Alternatively, you can also flash the “aboot.img” file to your device using ADB (Android Debug Bridge). If you have set up ADB on your computer type the command given below. In case you have not yet set it up, download the most recent SDK platform-tools on your computer. You can issue these linesnull