[Development] How to root the Gionee P5W (Marshmallow)
[Development] How to root the Gionee P5W (Marshmallow)
(17-01-2017, 10:00 PM)hovatek
The Gionee P5W is an MT6580 chipset powered Android phone running on Android 5 (Lollipop) and upgradable to Android 6 (Marshmallow). This rooting guide is for those running on Marshmallow.
How to root the Gionee P5W after upgrading to Android 6 (Marshmallow)
- Dump your firmware in scatter format using Miracle Box @ https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-13347.html
- Download SuperSU 2.78 @ https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4S-Z72...ZuMlU/view
- Save SuperSU.zip to both phone storage and SD card
- Create a new folder named Hovatek on your PC
- Copy preloader.bin from your Miracle Box backup into the Hovatek folder
- Download Philz for Gionee P5W (Marshmallow) ported by Team Hovatek @ https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4S-Z72...9RRzA/view
- Copy the Philz recovery.bin and scatter file from the Philz zip file downloaded above into the Hovatek folder, making peloader.bin, scatter file and recovery.bin (Philz) in the folder
- Flash the preloader.bin and recovery.bin using Miracle Box @ https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-14106.html
- Boot the phone into recovery mode (Vol up + Power) after flashing
- In Philz recovery, you use the Volume buttons to navigate and Power button to select
- Select Install Zip
- Navigate to the location of the SuperSU2.78.zip on the SD Card and select it
- Wait till flashing is complete
- If you are prompted to fix root, select No
- Reboot the phone normally
- Confirm Root by installing and running Root Checker @ https://play.google.com/store/apps/detai...heck&hl=en