Rooting of certain Android devices, especially SPD Androids with oneclick rooting softwares or Apps in most cases always yield a negative result. One of such SPD devices is the Itel 1408 running on Android lollipop(5.1). Here in this article, we will be showing you how you can root you Itel IT1408 with SuperSU via a custom recovery(twrp recovery).
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Here in this article, we will be showing you how you can root you Itel IT1408 with SuperSU via custom recovery(twrp recovery).
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What is rooting?
Rooting is the process of allowing users of smartphones, tablets and other devices running the Android mobile operating system to attain privileged control (known as root access) over various Android subsystems. As Android uses the Linux kernel, rooting an Android device gives similar access to administrative (superuser) permissions as on Linux or any other Unix-like operating system such as FreeBSD or macOS.
Rooting is often performed with the goal of overcoming limitations that carriers and hardware manufacturers put on some devices. Thus, rooting gives the ability (or permission) to alter or replace system applications and settings, run specialized applications ("apps") that require administrator-level permissions, or perform other operations that are otherwise inaccessible to a normal Android user. On Android, rooting can also facilitate the complete removal and replacement of the device's operating system, usually with a more recent release of its current operating system.
Root access is sometimes compared to jailbreaking devices running the Apple iOS operating system. However, these are different concepts: Jailbreaking is the bypass of several types of Apple prohibitions for the end-user, including modifying the operating system (enforced by a "locked bootloader"), installing non-officially approved applications via sideloading, and granting the user elevated administration-level privileges (rooting). Many vendors such as HTC, Sony, Asus and Google explicitly provide the ability to unlock devices and even replace the operating system entirely. Similarly, the ability to sideload applications is typically permissible on Android devices without root permissions. Thus, it is primarily the third aspect of iOS jailbreaking (giving users administrative privileges) that most directly correlates to Android rooting.
What are the advantages of rooting?
Advantages of rooting include the possibility for complete control over the look and feel of the device. As a superuser has access to the device's system files, all aspects of the operating system can be customized with the only real limitation being the level of coding expertise. Immediately expectable advantages of rooted devices include the following:
- Support for themes, allowing everything to be visually changed from the colour of the battery icon to the boot animation that appears while the device is booting, and more.
- Full control of the kernel, which, for example, allows overclocking and underclocking the CPU and GPU.
- Full application control, including the ability to backup, restore, or batch edit applications, or to remove bloatware that comes pre-installed on many phones.
- Custom automated system-level processes through the use of third-party applications.
- Ability to install a custom firmware (also known as a custom ROM) or software (such as Xposed, Magisk, BusyBox, etc.) that allows additional levels of control on a rooted device.
Requirements
To root your Itel 1408, you will be needing the following;
- A computer,
- A USB cable,
- Itel 1408 twrp
- SuperSU zip file
- adb+fastboot
How to root Itel it1408 Android 5.1
In other to root your Itel 1408 Android SPD, you will need to flash SuperSU zip via a custom recovery;- TWRP. And in order to archive this, let us first take a look at how to install(flash) TWRP on Itel 1408.
Installing TWRP on Itel 1408
The installation or flashing of the custom recovery;- twrp on Itel 1408 can be archived among other methods by fastboot method. Below is a quick guide on how to archive this;
- Turn on your Itel 1408
- Under the settings, navigate to About Phone>> Build number and click on it continuously until you get the message "you are now a developer". This step is aimed at activating developer's option,
- Now return back to the settings menu. You should now see the developer option.
- Click on developer option and activate it, then scroll down and turn on OEM unlocking & USB Debugging.
- After that is done, set up adb + fastboot in your Computer by simply downloading and executing the adb+fastboot you download from the link below.
- After installing adb+fastboot in your Computer, go to C:\adb. Copy the TWRP for your Itel 1408 to the adb folder and then connect your phone to the computer via USB. Press SWIFT+Right click and select "Open a new command window here"
- After the later, you should now have a cmd command line open. In it type the following code
adb devices
You should get a popup on your android asking you to authorize the connection. Authorize connection, then retype the code to ensure your device is connected and it's live.
- Once your device is confirmed to be properly connected via us debugging in adb mode, type in the following command from the cmd and hit enter
adb reboot bootloader
At this point after entering the above code, your phone should reboot into fastboot mode.
- In fastboot mode, input the code
fastboot devices
The above code is to verify that your Itel 1408 is connected in fastboot mode.
- If phone properly connected, the proceed with the flashing. Flash your twrp using the code below
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Download twrp for itel 1408 below.
After the above steps, your twrp should be flashed. Reboot your device using the command
fastboot reboot
After which you can then turn off the phone, copy the superSU zip to your device storage or SD Card and boot into recovery mode.
Rooting by flashing SuperSU zip
- Now that you already have a custom recovery installed on your Itel 1408, you are set to root it with superSU. To achieve that, boot your android itel in recovery mode by pressing the POWER+VOL DOWN button for about 2 - 3 seconds then releasing both.
- From the newly installed twrp recovery, navigate to install
- Scroll down and click on the superSU zip file you copied to your Itel 1408 storage and install. Installation should take about 2 - 5 minutes.
- Once done, you will get a success message.
- Reboot your phone and start enjoying the advantages of root and custom recovery.
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