How to Root & Unroot Micromax A116 Canvas HD

Micromax Canvas HD is one of the most popular smartphone among Canvas range. It’s quite strange to note even after the launch of upgraded smartphones like Canvas Doodle 2 and Canvas 4 this smartphone is still ranked the most favorite one among all. Not to forget this is one of the smartphone which went out of stock after its release for a long long time. I received lots of queries regarding the rooting guide for canvas HD so here I present the easiest and one of the fast way to root canvas HD A116.

Before you start following the rooting guide, do read the FAQs which will help you to clear out some of your doubts.

Some FAQs:

• Will I lose warranty?

Yes. You will but You can Unroot it and claim back or flash stock ROM with SPTools. This is a plus point of Canvas devices. 

• I rooted But my Android OS Version is still the same?

Well , rooting wont upgrade your OS , but rooting and installing recovery and flashing an upgraded version of OS will (Stay tuned for a guide of installing recovery and updating through it)

So this is the most easiest way of rooting your Canvas provided by me.

Micromax A116 Canvas HD Rooting Requirements

What You need ?

1.Drivers :

You can use the Cynus T1 drivers which can be downloaded from this link.
Or You can install PDANET and connect your phone to install drivers automatically.

Also Some readers reported that ‘motochopper’ does not work. If it doesn’t, then install Moborobo. It installs drivers for MT6589 based devices. Then use motochopper.

2. Phone 

3. Motochopper  , this is a script based fast tool for rooting your device.

[Steps] How to Root Micromax Canvas HD Device

1. Install the drivers and restart.
2. Then connect the phone to PC as MTP (Media Storage) and enable USB debugging (settings–>Developer Options–>USB Debugging).
3. Extract the Motochopper tool archive somewhere.
4. Run the motochopper tool now(Click on run.bat). Wait for it. It will reboot the phone automatically and it’s done.
   *Be sure to run it as admin.*

After this, You will find a Superuser application in your app drawer. Note Your phone is now fully rooted and you have full access over it.

Now we’ll guide you how you can Unroot your device. Unrooting may let you claim the warranty back iff the officials aren’t able to encounter that you rooted your phone in past.

How to Unroot Micromax canvas HD

1. Open SuperSU app
2. SuperSu > Settings > Full Cleanup
3. Manually reboot.

If You’ve any kind of doubt related to the rooting stuff listed above, kindly comment below this post. I will answer asap

NB: I (ALBIN PAUL) am not a geek or a great tweker these tips are gathered/invented by me from my own pratical experiances and from geeks of the sdk forums around the globe. Am sharing these for my friends and wellwishers for their kindfull knowlwdge. 

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How to Root Micromax Canvas Doodle A111

How to Root Micromax Canvas Doodle A111

If you thought, buying a Micromax Canvas Doodle A111 smartphone is a big mistake when it comes to rooting the device or for say getting the custom ROM firmwares, then it’s not the case. In fact, MMX users of Canvas Doodle A111 will be rejoiced to know that the time taken to root a Samsung phone is less than the time taken to root the Micromax Doodle A111 phone. So, after checking out the quick pre requisites which you need to follow, you can proceed on to check the instructions with which you can root the device.

Quick Pre Requisites:

• Though, rooting the phone won’t wipe the data, its better if you create a backup of all the data present in your Canvas Doodle A111 smartphone manually with the help of below mentioned steps.

SMS – Use “SMS Backup & Restore app”,
Contacts – Sync with the Gmail application,
Call Log -Call Log and Restore
Images, Songs, Videos, Files – Copy to internal / External SD Card,
APN and MMS Settings – Note down from the path “Applications > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names”

• In your Micromax Canvas Doodle A111, head over to the path “Settings > Applications > Development” to enable the USB debugging.

• Minimum battery left in your Canvas Doodle A111 is not less than 50% or else the device might just get turn Off.

Disclaimer: I (ALBIN PAUL) should not be held responsible / liable in any manner for the damage happened to your Canvas Doodle A111 due to not following instructions.

Once you have followed all the above mentioned instructions, proceed to the next step where we have mentioned the detailed guide which will help you root the device.

Procedure to Root Micromax Canvas Doodle A111 Android Phone:

• Download the Frama Root Package from here to your computer. Once downloaded, extract the same to get APK.

• Connect your device to the computer with the help of original USB cable and place the APK file of Frama Root in your device.

• Disconnect the device from computer and open the Frama Root APK file in your device with the help of File Manager.

• Select “Gandalf Exploit” from the given exploits and just wait to follow the on screen instructions for rooting the device. The whole process of rooting might take around 5-6 minutes. Please note that it might take sometimes more than 4 -5 minutes for rooting the device.

• To check on whether the device is rooted or not, download Root Checker app from Google PLAY Store to check the same. Alternatively, you may also install the custom Recovery image in your Canvas Doodle A111 with the help of ROM Manager app.

Note: If the device gets into the boot loop sequence or say gets stuck in the welcome screen, just re insert the battery and re follow the above instructions so as to update the device with this firmware.

Do let me know in the comments section just in case if you face any issues in the process of rooting as we will try our level best to address the same.

How to Root Micromax Canvas Doodle A111 Without PC

1. Download this APK file and install it to your phone.

2. Open and select Gandalf exploit.

3. It will root and reboot

4. Done . To make sure your phone is rooted find superuser app  or try Root checker from Play store.

Please drop all your doubts and queries via the comment box provided below.

How to Root (and Unroot) the Samsung Galaxy Y Duos (S6102)

The Samsung Galaxy Y Duos is a dual-SIMed newer sibling of the popular Galaxy Y and while there are any high-end features to write home about, it does suffice nicely for a entry-level device that has the major aspects Android covered.  The device sports  a 3.14-inch touchscreen display, an 832MHz CPU with 512MB RAM, and runs the age-old Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread firmware.  If you want to try something newer like ICS or even Jelly Bean on it, custom ROMs is the only way to go and to get there, you need to root the device and install a custom recovery on it.  Use the guide below to know how to root (and unroot if needed) the Galaxy Y Duos S6102. This guide only explains how to root and unroot galaxy y duos. And this is posted for you Rinu Abdul Rasheed.

I.  Before You Begin

1.  Back up everything you feel is important before you begin.

2.  Make sure you have charged your device to 75% or more before you begin.

II.  Necessary Downloads

1.  update.zip [File attached to this post]

2.  unroot.zip [File attached to this post]

III.  Rooting the Galaxy Y Duos

1.  Connect your device to your PC using a microUSB cable and copy the update.zip file you downloaded above to your SD card (Do not put it into any subfolders, just the main folder so the path is sdcard/update.zip).

2.  Power down your device and put it into recovery mode.  To do this, press and hold the Volume Up + Home + Power keys until you see the Samsung Galaxy Y logo and let them go after that.

3.  Use the Volume buttons to highlight “select update.zip from sdcard” and press the home button to select it.

4.  On the next screen, select update.zip, and then select Yes on the next screen.

5.  Once the flashing is done, go back to the main menu and reboot your device.

That’s it!  Your Galaxy Y Duos is now rooted!

IV.  Unrooting the Galaxy Y Duos

1. Uninstall all [Root] apps.
2. Download "unroot.zip"
3. Do as directed above..
4. This time select unroot.zip

Thats all.............................

How to Root the Sony Ericsson Xperia X8

How to Root the Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 (updated on Nov 2013)

The Xperia X8 has been around for so long that it tends to become lost amongst the new breed of supersmartphones.  But we are sure there are some out there still hanging on to this little fella and this guide is for them, showing them how to root their Sony Ericsson Xperia X8

I.  Before You Begin

1.  You will need to have Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 or above installed on your PC for the rooting tool to run without problems.  You can get it here.

2.  Make sure that you have at least 75% of your battery charged before you begin.

3.  Back up anything you feel is important before you proceed any further.

II.  Necessary Downloads

SuperOneClickv2.3.3-ShortFuse.zip [Download link available here]

III.  Rooting the Xperia X8

1.  Extract SuperOneClickv2.3.3-ShortFuse.zip to a folder on your desktop.

2.  Enable USB Debugging on your device.  To do this, go to Menu > Settings > Applications > Developer Options and tick the USB Debugging checkbox.

3.  Enable installation of apps from unknown sources.  Go to Menu > Settings > Applications and tick the Unknown sources checkbox.

3.  Connect your device to your PC and if there are any drivers being installed at this point, let Windows 7 do so.

4.  From the folder you extracted above, run SuperOneClick.exe.

5.  Click on Root.

Your Xperia X8 should be rooted once the application confirms that your device is rooted!

IV.  Unrooting the Xperia X8

1.  Follow the same steps as in Section 3.  until Step 4.

2.  Click on Unroot.