This guide will help you install TWRP and root MT6737M Leagoo T1, the first step is to install TWRP custom recovery on the MT6737M Leagoo T1. The process contains quite a few steps, but most of them take just a few seconds. (more…)
This guide will help you install TWRP and root Ulefone Metal, the first step is to install TWRP custom recovery on the Ulefone Metal. The process contains quite a few steps, but most of them take just a few seconds. (more…)
For those looking to install TWRP and root their Vernee Apollo Lite, the first step is to install TWRP custom recovery on the Vernee Apollo Lite. The process contains quite a few steps, but most of them take just a few seconds.
If it looks daunting, don’t worry, take each step one by one and you’ll come through with a rooted Vernee Apollo Lite within just a few minutes.
[spoiler style=”steelblue” collapse_link=”false” title=”(click) What’s a scatter file?”]A scatter file is what tells SP Flash Tool exactly where to flash various parts of the firmware on your phone’s EMMC.[/spoiler]
If you don’t already have MTK Preloader Drivers installed, we’ll go through that step now. NOTE: If you get an unsigned driver error and can’t continue with the driver install, then go to step #3. NOTE: Use #1 pack or #2 pack. Do not need to use both.
[spoiler style=”steelblue” collapse_link=”false” title=’If MTK MediaTek preloader vcom driver pack #1, click here’]
[spoiler style=”steelblue” collapse_link=”false” title=’If MTK MediaTek preloader vcom driver pack #2, click here’]
Do this step if:
and
[spoiler style=”steelblue” collapse_link=”false” title=’Click for disable driver signature enforcement guide’]
To install preloader drivers, some users of 64-Bit Windows may need to disable Driver Signature Verification / Enforcement. This quick procedure will have you up and modding your phone in no time.
Your computer will now reboot into a mode which will allow you to install unsigned drivers, which is covered in the next steps.
Now go back to step #2 and install the MTK Preloader Drivers (GizBeat source)[/spoiler]
Done! Good job. You now have TWRP and a rooted Vernee Apollo Lite MT6797 Helio X20.
If you have any issues, comments, successes or failures, or just want to say thanks, please comment in the comment section and let us know.
For those looking to root their Blackview BV6000, the first step is to install TWRP custom recovery on the Blackview BV6000. The process contains quite a few steps, but most of them take just a few seconds.
If it looks daunting, don’t worry, take each step one by one and you’ll come through with a rooted Blackview BV6000 within just a few minutes.
[spoiler style=”steelblue” collapse_link=”false” title=”KNOWLEDGE POINT about scatter files. Click here to read”]NOTE: A scatter file is what tells SP Flash Tool where to flash various parts of the firmware on your phone’s EMMC.
This scatter came from 2016-06-16 Blackview BV6000 ROM. If you’re on a different ROM than 20160608, it’s extremely unlikely the recovery.img location will change, but there’s always a slim possibility of it.
If you’re at all in doubt, download the ROM that you’re currently on if you don’t already have it downloaded, and use the scatter from that.[/spoiler]
If you don’t already have MTK Preloader Drivers installed, we’ll go through that step now. NOTE: If you get an unsigned driver error and can’t continue with the driver install, then go to step #3. NOTE: Use #1 pack or #2 pack. Do not need to use both.
[spoiler style=”steelblue” collapse_link=”false” title=’If MTK MediaTek preloader vcom driver pack #1, click here’]
[spoiler style=”steelblue” collapse_link=”false” title=’If MTK MediaTek preloader vcom driver pack #2, click here’]
Do this step if:
and
[spoiler style=”steelblue” collapse_link=”false” title=’Click for disable driver signature enforcement guide’]
To install preloader drivers, some users of 64-Bit Windows may need to disable Driver Signature Verification / Enforcement. This quick procedure will have you up and modding your phone in no time.
Your computer will now reboot into a mode which will allow you to install unsigned drivers, which is covered in the next steps.
Now go back to step #2 and install the MTK Preloader Drivers (GizBeat source)[/spoiler]
Done! Good job. You now have TWRP and a rooted Blackview BV6000 MT6755.
If you have any issues, comments, successes or failures, or just want to say thanks, please comment in the comment section and let us know.
For those looking to root their UMi Super, the first step is to install TWRP custom recovery on the UMi Super. The process contains quite a few steps, but most of them take just a few seconds.
If it looks daunting, don’t worry, take each step one by one and you’ll come through with a rooted UMi Super within just a few minutes.
[spoiler style=”steelblue” collapse_link=”false” title=”KNOWLEDGE POINT about scatter files. Click here to read”]NOTE: A scatter file is what tells SP Flash Tool where to flash various parts of the firmware on your phone’s EMMC.
This scatter came from 2016-06-16 UMi Super ROM. If you’re on a different ROM, it’s extremely unlikely the recovery.img location will change, but there’s always a slim possibility of it.
If you’re at all in doubt, download the ROM that you’re currently on if you don’t already have it downloaded, and use the scatter from that.[/spoiler]
If you don’t already have MTK Preloader Drivers installed, we’ll go through that step now. NOTE: If you get an unsigned driver error and can’t continue with the driver install, then go to step #3. NOTE: Use #1 pack or #2 pack. Do not need to use both.
[spoiler style=”steelblue” collapse_link=”false” title=’If MTK MediaTek preloader vcom driver pack #1, click here’]
[spoiler style=”steelblue” collapse_link=”false” title=’If MTK MediaTek preloader vcom driver pack #2, click here’]
Do this step if:
and
[spoiler style=”steelblue” collapse_link=”false” title=’Click for disable driver signature enforcement guide’]
To install preloader drivers, some users of 64-Bit Windows may need to disable Driver Signature Verification / Enforcement. This quick procedure will have you up and modding your phone in no time.
Your computer will now reboot into a mode which will allow you to install unsigned drivers, which is covered in the next steps.
Now go back to step #2 and install the MTK Preloader Drivers (GizBeat source)[/spoiler]
Done! Good job. You now have TWRP and a rooted UMi Super MT6755.
If you have any issues, comments, successes or failures, or just want to say thanks, please comment in the comment section and let us know.
Since Xiaomi has recently been using a couple of different camera models, some people are wondering how to tell if they have a Sony or Samsung camera in their phone.
In this post I will tell you how to check if your phone’s camera is Sony or Samsung. This should work with any mobile that has Sony or Samsung, but this method was specifically tested with Xiaomi mobiles.
Requirements
What to do
su
dmesg | grep -i imx
It’s that easy. Assuming you have a Sony camera, you will get a return message something like this
imx258 probe succeeded
This would confirm you have the Sony IMX258 camera in your Xiaomi mobile. Likewise, if you had Sony IMX214, it would return “IMX214”.
There are normally several ways to go about the task of creating CWM / TWRP, creating a backup, or installing gapps on your MT6735 MT6753 MT6755 MT6797 MT6737 MT 6737T MT6592 MT6582 MT6595 MT6732 MT6752 MT6795 phone, but one of the steps that often makes these easier is getting rooted. You might also want to check out auto creating TWRP and Phil’z Touch custom recovery. (more…)
One of the questions that often comes up at www.chinaphonearena.com is ‘how to make TWRP?’. TWRP is a custom touch recovery similar to CWM, but with more functions than CWM. (more…)
It’s been a couple months, but a new version of the Graphical Easy Root has been released. This should include many of the newer MTK6589T phones, and older MTK6589 and MTK6577 phones, that weren’t in the previous versions. (more…)
We recently posted a tutorial on how to root MTK6589. We’ve now come across a new root method that is compatible with a whopping 122 MTK phones and should work with many others, as many MTK phones use ported and similar ROMs. This Graphical Auto-Root is also compatible with MTK6575, MTK6577 and most likely older versions of MTK chipset as well. (more…)
About a month back I wrote a tutorial on how to root MTK6589. While the same basic idea applies, I’ve upgraded the tutorial a bit with new tools and a different root file.
Gizbeat has come across a situation where a chinaphonearena user is soft-bricked and can’t boot into Android. I believe this is due to the permission settings on the build.prop file.
He can still boot into recovery and is already rooted. So here’s a good chance to write a tutorial on how to change file permissions through ADB should the need arise.
The tutorial will cover this specific situation of doing it through recovery, (more…)