[hovatek]

The Tecno Phantom 6 Plus (A9) is powered by the MT6797 (Mediatek Helio P20) SoC and ships with Android 6 (Marshmallow) upgradable to Android 7 (Nougat). For those who have not yet upgraded their Tecno Phantom 6 Plus from Marshmallow to Nougat (A9-H971A-N1-170725V72),  simply follow the guide @ https://blog.hovatek.com/how-to-update-t...pdate-zip/ .
For those who have successfully upgraded to Nougat and are looking to root, this guide will explain how.

How can I root my Tecno Phantom 6 Plus (Nougat) ?

Method 1 - Flash Philz Recovery using SP flash tool (RECOMMENDED)

Procedure

• Install VCOM drivers on your PC using https://forum.hovatek.com/thread-440.html
  
• Download SuperSU 2.79.zip at [ Login / Register to download free]
  
• Copy SuperSU.zip to both the phone’s SD card and internal storage
  
• Download any scatter file for Phantom 6 Plus @ https://forum.hovatek.com/thread-19546.html
  
• Download Philz for Phantom 6 Plus (Nougat) ported by Team Hovatek @ [ Login / Register to download free]
  
• Create a new folder on your desktop named Hovatek
  
• Extract the scatter file and the Philz recovery into the Hovatek folder
  
• Flash the Philz recovery.img to the phone using SP Flash tool @ https://forum.hovatek.com/thread-159.html
  
• Boot the phone into recovery mode using Volume up button + Power button (see https://forum.hovatek.com/thread-479.html )
  
• In Philz recovery, you use the Volume buttons to navigate and Power button to select
  
• Select Install Zip
  
• Navigate to the location of the SuperSU2.79.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
  

Method 2 - Flash Patched Boot using Fastboot

There are two main steps:

• Unlocking the Bootloader of the Tecno Phantom 6 Plus (A9)
  
• Flashing the patched boot.img and installing the Magisk Manager apk
  

Procedure

• Create a folder on your Desktop and name it Hovatek
  
• Download the patched boot.img for Tecno Phantom 6 Plus (Nougat) @ [ Login / Register to download free] and Magisk Manager apk @ https://github.com/topjohnwu/MagiskManag...v5.0.4.apk
  
• Save both boot.img and Magisk Manager apk into the Hovatek folder, you'll be needing them soon
  
• Setup ADB and Fastboot on the PC using the guide at https://forum.hovatek.com/thread-588.html
  
• Extract and copy the boot.img (from the Hovatek folder) 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://forum.hovatek.com/thread-16225.html
  
• 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, flash the patched boot.img to the phone by typing the command below then pressing Enter
  
  
  Code:

  fastboot flash boot boot.img
  
  
• Reboot the phone to Home Screen using
  
  
  Code:

  fastboot reboot
  
  
• Once the phone boots to Home Screen, copy the Magisk Manager apk from the Hovatek folder to your phone then install
  
• Launch Magisk Manager and Root checker to verify root
  
• To unroot, simply flash the stock Tecno Phantom 6 Plus Nougat boot.img @ [ Login / Register to download free] in fastboot
  

Credits to Bryanthuku for the patched boot.img

[Kidiabor]

I followed method two correctly but after flashing the boot.img file into the phone... They said waiting for device till now am still waiting

[hovatek]

I followed method two correctly but after flashing the boot.img file into the phone... They said waiting for device till now am still waiting

Where did you get this message? A picture would help

[bornface mubanga]

Thanks very much method 1 worked for me..

[bornface mubanga]

unroot not possible by flashing boot.img, it get stuck at boot.

[hovatek]

unroot not possible by flashing boot.img, it get stuck at boot.  

You need to flash stock boot.img and recovery.img for your build number else it could brick your phone

[bornface mubanga]

unroot not possible by flashing boot.img, it get stuck at boot.  

You need to flash stock boot.img and recovery.img for your build number else it could brick your phone

Kindly help me my phantom 6plus is rooted, now how can i remove Philz Toch 6.59.0 recovery.img back to normal....

[hovatek]

Kindly help me my phantom 6plus is rooted, now how can i remove Philz Toch 6.59.0 recovery.img back to normal....

You simply need to flash back the stock recovery.img

[bornface mubanga]

then help me stock recovery.img for Nougat....

[xerxes]

then help me stock recovery.img for Nougat....

You'll need to post a new thread @ https://forum.hovatek.com/forum-76.html so we can assist you