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[Development] How to root the Tecno Phantom 6 Plus (A9)
[Development] How to root the Tecno Phantom 6 Plus (A9)
(06-12-2016, 09:34 PM)hovatek
The Tecno Phantom 6 Plus (A9) e.g A9-H971A1-M-161027V88 is powered by the MT6797 (Mediatek Helio P20) SoC and runs on Android 6 (Marshmallow). Team Hovatek had earlier released a guide on how to root the Tecno Phantom 6 (A6), this guide will explain how to root your Tecno Phantom 6 Plus (A9).
How can I root my Tecno Phantom 6 Plus (A9) ?
There are two main steps:
- Unlocking the Bootloader of the Tecno Phantom 6 Plus (A9)
- Flashing the Hovatek TWRP recovery.img and SuperSU.zip
Procedure
- Download TWRP for Tecno Phantom 6 Plus (A9) ported by Team Hovatek @ https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4S-Z72...9rM2c/view
- Setup ADB and Fastboot on the PC using the guide at https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-588.html
- Extract and copy the TWRP recovery.img into the same folder as the fastboot.exe and adb.exe
- Unlock the Bootloader of the Tecno Phantom 6 Plus (A9) using the guide at https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-16225.html
- Download SuperSU 2.76.zip at https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B_-waNKLv...t=download
- Copy SuperSU.zip to both the phone’s internal storage
- Connect the phone to the PC via USB cord while switched On and boot it into Fastboot (as instructed in the Bootloader unlock guide; don't forget to re-enable OEM unlocking and USB Debugging)
- When the phone enters Fastboot, load the TWRP recovery to the phone by typing the command below then pressing Enter
Code:fastboot boot recovery.img
- The phone should automatically boot into TWRP recovery mode
- In TWRP, if you get a prompt asking you to swipe to allow modification of the System partition, tap KEEP READ ONLY
- If TWRP offers to root the phone, select NO
- In TWRP recovery, tap Install
- Navigate to the location of the SuperSU2.76.zip and select it
- Swipe to confirm flashing of SuperSU.zip and wait till flashing is complete
- Reboot the phone normally
- Confirm Root by installing and running Root Checker
