How To Root Infinix Alpha aka X570 Sharply

Infinix Alpha also known as Infinix X570 is the latest Infinix product in the block, you can see a Video review here. Its a 5.7" screen phablet with stunning colourful display. 

Like  almost every Android person I know, ability to root and ease of rooting an Android phone forms one of the reasons to buy an Android phone and Infinix Alpha didn't disappoint in this regard.

If you already had the drivers to phones like Tecno N7, F7 or N9 installed on your computer already, then rooting this Infinix X570 should be super easy just like mine. However, if you haven't gotten the drivers of aforementioned devices on your computer, no sweat, just connect your device to your computer and let Windows Update download and install the drivers. Once that is done, follow the instructions below.

Note

If you have a problem installing drivers for your device, follow this link to know how to get drivers

Needed Items

1. eRoot

2. Computer 

Instructions

1. Put your device in Developer Mode by going to settings/Developer Option. Check the USB debugging box and then launch eroot you downloaded.

2. Wait for it to detect your device and then click on the bold green Root button.

3. In less than 10 seconds, you are rooted and ready to enjoy the benefits of a rooted android phone.

To confirm if your phone is rooted, go to your phone home screen and look for the Superuser app as seen in the image below.

If you feel like unrooting your device after sometime or you believe that rooting is causing your phone some troubles, follow this link to unroot without stress.

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How to Unroot Any Android Device

Rooting any Android device is becoming very easy now adays and the same should be said for unrooting Android devices too.

For one reason or the other, unrooting of Android may be needed either to correct an issue or to avoid voiding the warranty when presenting the device to manufacturers for swapping or repairs

Which ever reason it is, the tutorial below should help unroot your Android device whether Samsung, HTC, Tecno etc.

Requirements

1. Rooted android device 

2. Device with Clock World Mod installed not supported (requires more steps than the ones stated)

Procedures

1. Go to Play Store and download ES File Explorer. Don't move to SD card.

2. Launch app, click on the slash button

3. Tap the phone menu button to reveal new options 

4. tap Root Explore setting it to ON

5. Superuser will ask you to grant super privilege or root privileges to the app. Allow it

6. Now go to the System folder as shown in the image below, then bin folder, then find su file. Long press SU to select and then delete.

7. Now go into xbin folder which is also located in the System folder

8. Delete the su file there

9. Now go to app folder, also located in the System folder and delete the Superuser.apk file shown in the image

10. Finally reboot your device. That's all, very easy

Your Android device would immediately be unrooted after doing this.

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How To Unbrick Tecno F7 Smartphone

About a week ago, a friend rooted his Tecno Phantom A smartphone. He was so excited about the endless possibilities to customize his device so he kept installing a lot of applications that caught his attention unaware of the dangers some apps can create on rooted smartphones.

Finally, he installed an application called Font Changer Lite and that was when it all happened.

After installing this app, his phone attempted to reboot and instead of booting normally, the phone froze at the Tecno logo. It wasn’t going passed that state. He couldn’t boot into his phone. Practically, his phone was bricked and had to look for a way to unbrick and use his phone again.

If you are presently in the same limbo state as described, please follow the instructions below step by step to fix your device. I recommend reading through first before actually starting the process.

Kudos to Seunpayne of Nairaland for uploading his files for download and also giving instructions on the usage. 

The instructions below have been modified by me, especially with images so that it would be easy to follow and achieve success.

Needed Items

11.   7zip : Download here

22.    SP Flash Tool v3.1224.0.sn85 : Download here

33.   Android drivers and flash MTK vcom drivers : Download here

44.   F7 preloader and flash files : Download here

55.  Tecno F7 image file : Download here

66.   msxml6.msi : Download here

   Difficulty: Not Difficult

  Note: Read before you begin. All images are F7 specific. If you want to restore another Android phone that is not Tecno F7, you would have to download its image files.

Procedures

11. Download all the files listed in the Needed Items section to your computer. They are all zipped files.

22. Create a new folder on your Desktop and name it Tecno F7 tools.

33. Unzip all the downloaded files to the Tecno F7 tools folder. Each of the downloaded files would now be in their own separate folders after unzipping. see the image below

44. Install all the drivers located in “ADB_usb_driver_120827_v3” folder and “MT6577 USB VCOM drivers” folder. Also install msxml6.msi driver too: very important!

55. After installing all your drivers (WHICH IS A VERY IMPORTANT STEP), cut the “MT6577_Android_scatter_emmc”file. which is marked red in the above image. It’s a .txt file and paste it in another location on your Desktop. Make sure it’s not in the same folder as the other files.

66. Locate the SP Flash Tool folder and double click on the blue Flash_Tool icon. This would open the flash tool.

77.  From the flash tool, click on File top left and click on Open Scatter-Loading File.

88. Navigate to the MT6577_Android_scatter_emmc”file location and select the file.

99. Now check the boxes, BOOTIMG, RECOVERY and ANDROID as shown in the image below.

110. Double click on names BOOTIMG and select boot.img you downloaded. Also double click on          RECOVERY and select the recovery.img you downloaded. Finally, double click on ANDROID and select the System.img file you downloaded. Once you have selected these files, the path would be displayed like in the image below.

111.  Connect your F7 phone to your PC and remove the battery. Click on Download as seen in the image below. After Download is complete within 10mins, you will see a green circle on your desktop.

 

112.   Remove USB cord from PC and insert the battery back into the phone.

113.  Press Power button and Volume Up key button together. It will show you 3 options. Use the Volume Up ONLY key to navigate to Recovery Mode option and use the Volume Down key to select.

114.  The phone will show you list of things to do. Use the Volume Up key to scroll to Backup User Data and use the Volume Down key to select it.

115.  Now, put on your F7. Language would be Chinese which you can easily change from Settings.

116.  To change language, just navigate to Settings (the wheel icon) and scroll to where you have the Language & Input (A is written beside it) and select your language of choice.

 

After you have done all this, your Tecno Phantom F7 should be back on and functioning well.

Please try to read reviews before you download any app, especially when you have root access installed on your phone. Also, Chainfire 3D could brick your phone.

This procedure may be applied to other Android phones too. Only download their roms and recovery files.

This was experienced and put together by Awolola Anuoluwapo. Kudos to him! Follow him on twitter @anu5599 for more information.

Also, images and editing done was done by me. Follow on twitter @me also like our Facebook page Phonegist for timely info.

How To Root Tecno Phantom A (Tecno F7)

There are no limit to the possibilities one can achieve on a rooted Android device compared to one that isn't rooted. As you know, Rooting is to Androin as Jailbreak is to iOS.

For those that don't know what rooting means, a little definition will suffice. Rooting basically means that you install a set of programs on your phone that gives you total control over your device. Total control means that you have the right to install any applications or even delete core applications that you don't want.

 Simply put, you have administrative rights over your device, giving  you super user access, and of course, you can use DroidVPN to have free unlimited internet.

The guide below shows how you can root Tecno Phantom A also known as Tecno F7 and its super easy to achieve. Don't forget to like us on Facebook.

Requirements

1. Computer with internet connection

2. PdaNet+ V4.12 zipped file

3. eroot_v1.3.3 zipped file

4. USB to connect your device to the computer
5. Backup your phone data just in case. 
6. For some that couldn't get drivers for their Tecno F7, you can install Mobilego

Notes

1. Rooting your phone voids your warranty

2. Anything that happens while rooting your device is on you. You are doing it at your own risk

3. There are softwares to unroot your phone if you don't want the rooting option again.

Procedures 

1. Connect your Tecno F7 to the computer

2. Download PdaNet+ V4.12 and eroot_v1.3.3 to your desktop and unpack in a folder called Rooting.

3. Install the PdaNet+ V4.12 as shown in the image below.

 

4. If you have already installed the driver of your F7 in the computer before at one time, you can choose No in the dialogue box shown to you otherwise, select Yes. 

A box would show up asking you to either Skip or Cancel Installation. Leave it and move to the next step

5. Next you need to enable debugging mode on your phone. To do this, go to Settings, scroll to Developer Option, tap on it and then select USB debugging, click OK at the prompt and then exit.

6.  Once your device is detected by the computer and its in USB debug mode, a pop-up would show up to install a software from June Fabrics Technology. Click Install and let it finish its installation which would take place on your device too.

 

7. Run the eroot you downloaded earlier, it would display in Chinese, don't worry.

8. It would detect your device and then you will see the big bold Root menu. Click on Root and you would be rooted in no time.

9. Disconnect the USB connection,now locate you Phone menu, You will be able to Find a New Application Installed on your Phone with name ‘Superuser'.

10. Reboot your Tecno F7 and you will be good to go with a rooted Tecno Phantom A smartphone.

Guys, I hope you find this information useful. I have tried it and my Tecno F7 is rooted. Give it a try and enjoy the limitless possibilities of rooting. 

Don't forget to share your success stories for others to read and learn from your mistakes if you had one.

Also, give full info if its not working for you. Don't just say "its not working". Give details. 

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How to Root Galaxy S4 Active

Galaxy S4 Active have been successfully rooted by one of the popular hackers we respect in the Apple  community - Geoho. 

 

Geohot is the guy behind the Bootrom exploit used in A4 iDevices like Apple iPhone 4 , 3GS and 3G and has extended its talent to jailbreak or root in android terms the new Samsung Galaxy S4 Active smartphone.

 

For those that don't know, Galaxy S4 Active is the last born of the Galaxy S4 series after Galaxy S4 mini. However,  its more resistant and powerful being able to prevent dust from getting into its internals and can also withstand water immersion of up to 2 feet or even more.

Obviously this guy George Hotz, aka Geohot doesn't like doing the usual generic thing, he prefers to get a more permanent solution in a simple and more accessible manner.

It would interest you to know that guys at XDA developers announced a reward of $450 to anyone capable of rooting this device and Geohot is the guy that would be claiming that reward. 

 

To successfully root your Samsung S4 Active smartphone, click here and click the samba icon from the page and you will be good to go.

Drop your comments to let us know how it went.

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Download Cydia For Android

Cydia is now available for Android devices. Yes, you read it right, that popular Cydia app on all jailbroken Apple devices now available for rooted Android. Cydia substrate and Winterboard APK now available for Android and can be downloaded from the Google Play Store for free.

 

As you may have guessed, this app requires a rooted device and OS 2.3 Gingerbread & above. 

For those that don't know, Cydia, created and managed by Saurik or Jay Freeman is the most sought after app for jailbroken Apple devices. Its that app that makes most Apple fans want to jailbreak their devices because it is home for apps, themes, tweaks and anything you can think of.

Consequently, having Cydia for Android and Apple devices is big and exciting news. Getting the party started with all your favourite themes and apps for Android.

Cydia substrate and Winterboard requires any rooted Android  device running 2.3 Gingerbread & above.

Cydia for  and can be downloaded either from Play Store or at www.CydiaSubstrate.com