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[Development] How to root the Infinix Hot S

[Development] How to root the Infinix Hot S

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hovatek
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30-09-2016, 02:43 PM
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The Infinix Hot S (X521) is an MT6753 powered phone running on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). One-click root apks still don’t fully support Marshmallow devices running on this chipset so Team Hovatek has put together this guide to teach you how to root your Infinix Hot S.

How do I root an Infinix Hot S?



  1. Install VCOM drivers on your PC using https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-440.html
  2. Download SuperSU 2.76.zip at https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B_-waNKLv...t=download
  3. Copy the SuperSU.zip to both the phone’s SD card and internal storage
  4. Download TWRP for Infinix Hot S ported by Team Hovatek at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4S-Z72...JENkE/view
  5. TWRP for Infinix Hot S X521-J5088CI-M-160929v89 ported by Team Hovatek at
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4S-Z72...JENkE/view
  6. TWRP for Infinix Hot S X521-J5088E1-M-161202V20 ported by Team Hovatek at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4S-Z72...d2U28/view
  7. TWRP for Infinix Hot S X521-J5088E1-M-161223V23 ported by Team Hovatek at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4S-Z72...dsMVE/view
  8. TWRP for Infinix Hot S X521-J5088E1-M-170323V23 (Flash with Miracle Box) ported by Team Hovatek at https://mega.nz/#!IehF1AJA!xcj1m83eQXnXe...dbanE0Ikek
  9. Switch off the phone (still with battery inside)
  10. Flash the TWRP recovery.img to the phone using SP Flash tool at https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-159.html
  11. Boot the phone into recovery mode using Volume up button + Power button (see https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-479.html )
  12. In TWRP, if you get a prompt asking you to swipe to allow modification of the System partition, tap KEEP READ ONLY
  13. If TWRP offers to root the phone, select NO
  14. In TWRP recovery, tap Install
  15. Navigate to the location of the SuperSU 2.76.zip and select it
  16. Swipe to confirm flashing of SuperSU.zip and wait till flashing is complete
  17. Reboot the phone normally
  18. Confirm Root by installing and running Root Checker @ https://play.google.com/store/apps/detai...heck&hl=en

[Image: x521.png]
This post was last modified: 16-10-2019, 12:22 PM by hovatek.

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hovatek
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Kanayo says:
August 22, 2016 at 10:59 pm
Rooting infinix hot s(x521) guide…really worked. Tested and Confirm. Hovatek re the best.
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Hovatek says:
August 22, 2016 at 11:01 pm
Thanks for testing.
Don’t forget to share the post with your friends using the social share buttons.
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Samm says:
August 23, 2016 at 2:53 am
Nice..
I’ll be sharing this with blog readers giving full crs to you guys of course..
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Anon says:
August 23, 2016 at 3:27 am
Not related…
Please how can I upgrade Infinix Hot note to Lollipop using the TF card method mentioned here http://www.yomiprof.com/2016/03/latest-x...e-for.html
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Tobi says:
August 25, 2016 at 1:29 pm
Hi, after downloading the twrp.zip and extracting, the sp file tool showed me “scatter file invalid” when i selected its scatter file, what do I do
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Hovatek says:
August 25, 2016 at 1:37 pm
What version of Sp flash tool are you using?
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Tobi says:
August 25, 2016 at 1:49 pm
Version 5.1436.00
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Hovatek says:
August 25, 2016 at 1:53 pm
upload a screenshot of the error message and post the link here
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Tobi says:
August 25, 2016 at 3:32 pm
Thanks, I fixed it by downloading the latest version of sp flash tool. HOVATEK IS THE BEST !!
Hovatek says:
August 25, 2016 at 3:58 pm
I suspected so.
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Tobi says:
August 27, 2016 at 2:52 am
Hi!! After rooting my phone, i just discovered that my google services started acting up. Eg: My Google Play Games isn’t loading, YouTube too, play store takes time to install apps. Why?
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Hovatek says:
August 27, 2016 at 3:42 am
What version of SuperSu did you use?
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Tobi says:
August 27, 2016 at 9:22 am
The one you uploaded- 2.76
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Hovatek says:
August 27, 2016 at 9:55 am
Sign out of your Google account then re-sign in
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Tobi says:
August 27, 2016 at 6:54 pm
Thanks I cleared data + restarted my phone, then it worked.
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Hovatek says:
August 27, 2016 at 6:58 pm
Great then.
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Anonymous says:
August 30, 2016 at 4:04 am
Installed twrp but whenever I press volume down + power button some menu in chinese appears…what do I do?
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Hovatek says:
August 30, 2016 at 5:07 am
recovery mode is vol up + power
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Sana says:
September 8, 2016 at 7:28 pm
I am facing a real weird issue here. I am not doing it for the first time. I recently used the hot s custom recovery provided by you to root my hot s, it was successful and I successfully rooted my phone. Today, I flashed wrong Dolby atmos so has to re flash the stock rom. Then I unlocked the bootloader and flashed the TWRP recovery, recovery flashes successfully but now it wipes the data etc and says unable to Mount data etc. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
My email: Sana.farooq.uol@gmail.com
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Hovatek says:
September 9, 2016 at 2:56 am
How exactly did you flash recovery? Which command did you use?
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LazyProtagonist says:
September 28, 2016 at 10:35 pm
I’ve followed exactly the instructions but a prompt ask me a password for mount storage. When i cancel, I get an error “unable to mount storage”
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nasreirma
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02-10-2016, 07:37 AM
#3
is there any custom roms available for the hot s
koladegreg
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07-10-2016, 10:14 AM
#4
hello, i cant seem to be able to root my infinix hot s. when i flash with sp flash and boot to recorvery and install the super su. it loads as usual but my root checker still says its not rooted
when i try to go to recorvery again it doesnt load to recorvery. pls help
koladegreg
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07-10-2016, 05:48 PM
#5



my pc cannot recognize my phone even after installing vcom drivers.i use a windows 10 64 bit p
hovatek
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08-10-2016, 09:31 AM
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(07-10-2016, 10:14 AM)koladegreg hello, i cant seem to be able to root my infinix hot s. when i flash with sp flash and boot to recorvery and install the super su. it loads as usual but my root checker still says its not rooted
when i try to go to recorvery again it doesnt load to recorvery. pls help

Its normal for stock recovery to replace custom recovery upon reboot.
What version of SuperSU did you use?

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08-10-2016, 09:31 AM
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(07-10-2016, 05:48 PM)koladegreg my pc cannot recognize my phone even after installing vcom drivers.i use a windows 10 64 bit p

Are you getting any error?

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Muchmoney
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17-12-2016, 01:41 PM
#8
Hello everyone. Please can somebody help me upload nvram.bin of infinix hot s. Thanks
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17-12-2016, 03:16 PM
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(17-12-2016, 01:41 PM)Muchmoney Hello everyone. Please can somebody help me upload nvram.bin of infinix hot s. Thanks

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catalyst0
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30-03-2017, 04:28 AM
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My problem is entirely different and weird, every time I flash the term recovery, the phone will hang up at the start up, I had to flash a new is again, I did it for like 3 times, by every time I flashed the recovery, Install the superSu, the phone will not restart, it will hang at bootloop... Somebody should help please
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