{"id":2959,"date":"2016-01-16T08:37:27","date_gmt":"2016-01-16T07:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.hovatek.com\/?p=2959"},"modified":"2022-08-15T22:12:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T22:12:47","slug":"how-to-root-stubborn-android-5-0-lollipop-mediatek-phones-using-twrp-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/how-to-root-stubborn-android-5-0-lollipop-mediatek-phones-using-twrp-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"How to root stubborn Android 5.0 Lollipop Mediatek phones using TWRP or CWM recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new Mediatek (MTK) devices running on Android 5 (Lollipop) have proven difficult for our favorite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/how-to-root-android-easily-without-pc\/\">One-Click Root apps<\/a>\u00a0to successfully root. Pending when these apps will be updated with the necessary exploits to do the job, <a href=\"https:\/\/hovatek.com\">Team Hovatek<\/a> has been busy providing an alternative method; TWRP and CWM.<\/p>\n<h3>How do I root my MTK Android 5 (Lollipop) phone using TWRP or CWM recovery?<\/h3>\n<p>The procedure is the same for all the phone models listed below (and other Lollipop MTK phones not listed), the recovery image used is just what varies.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Note:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If your phone model is not listed below and you would like us to port a custom recovery for your phone then drop your request as a comment below<\/li>\n<li>Only flash a custom recovery ported for your exact phone model<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Procedure<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Download the TWRP \/ CWM recovery image for your exact phone model from the list at the end of this guide (unzip after downloading)<\/li>\n<li>Download SuperSU.zip @\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMna0xCdXlLS2dIYUU&amp;export=download\">https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMna0xCdXlLS2dIYUU&amp;export=download<\/a> and copy it to both the SD card and Phone storage of the phone you wish to root<\/li>\n<li>Install Mediatek VCOM drivers on your PC using the guide at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/forum\/thread-440.html\">https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/forum\/thread-440.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Flash the TWRP \/ CWM recovery image to the phone using the SP flash tool guide at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/forum\/thread-159.html\">https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/forum\/thread-159.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Boot the phone into recovery mode using the Volume up + Power button (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/forum\/thread-479.html\">https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/forum\/thread-479.html<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>If you get a message (in TWRP) like in the image below then swipe to allow TWRP modify the system partition<\/li>\n<li>To swipe, place your finger on the green circle then slide to the right<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2880\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/bpyeki\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Hovatek-How-to-make-TWRP-recovery-permanent-after-flashing-it-to-your-MTK-phone-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"how to prevent stock recovery from replacing twrp recovery\" width=\"444\" height=\"592\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In TWRP \/ CWM recovery, tap Install<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to the location of the SuperSU zip file you downloaded\u00a0and select it<\/li>\n<li>Swipe or Select Yes to confirm flashing<\/li>\n<li>Reboot the phone once flashing is complete<\/li>\n<li>Install <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.joeykrim.rootcheck&amp;hl=en\">Root Checker<\/a>\u00a0to verify that the phone is rooted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>List of TWRP \/ CWM recovery images for Lollipop Mediatek phones ported by Team Hovatek<\/h3>\n<p><em>* If your phone is not listed then request by posting a comment below<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CWM for Cubot P11: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMncms4djg1WHJLaWQ0S003MkVGbnQydmdld2tv&amp;export=download\">https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMncms4djg1WHJLaWQ0S003MkVGbnQydmdld2tv&amp;export=download<\/a><\/li>\n<li>CWM for Gionee Elife S Plus:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMnOEZ2cW03Y01XeURxSG1HNmc0NDQwdnNFMWI0&amp;export=download\">https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMnOEZ2cW03Y01XeURxSG1HNmc0NDQwdnNFMWI0&amp;export=download<\/a><\/li>\n<li>CWM for Gionee Pioneer P5W:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMnVDFSVENxUkdYdEh6OGJaQmE0eG1ySGR5dDRZ&amp;export=download\">https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMnVDFSVENxUkdYdEh6OGJaQmE0eG1ySGR5dDRZ&amp;export=download<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TWRP for Innjoo Max 2 3G:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMnQnc4VlRyWTVSXzA&amp;export=download\">https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMnQnc4VlRyWTVSXzA&amp;export=download<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TWRP for Innjoo Max 2 Plus 3G:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMnTHJCYlVXWTFrR1k&amp;export=download\">https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMnTHJCYlVXWTFrR1k&amp;export=download<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TWRP for Old Tecno C8: <a href=\"https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMncDRvUXFRNUN4YkR3cDFwVXdnZTBYYXVBYWJv&amp;export=download\">https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMncDRvUXFRNUN4YkR3cDFwVXdnZTBYYXVBYWJv&amp;export=download<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TWRP for New Tecno C8: <a href=\"https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMnRnBBYUdSRVVVZjg&amp;export=download\">https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMnRnBBYUdSRVVVZjg&amp;export=download<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TWRP for Tecno J5: <a href=\"https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMnUVNoeklxVmotTzc4czlja1lPVDZSNDlsQUpn&amp;export=download\">https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMnUVNoeklxVmotTzc4czlja1lPVDZSNDlsQUpn&amp;export=download<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TWRP for Tecno J8:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B_-waNKLvNRcbUdEMkJKZkRGVkk&amp;export=download\">https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B_-waNKLvNRcbUdEMkJKZkRGVkk&amp;export=download<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TWRP for Tecno C5: <a href=\"https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMnWXJpUTNNNnJnZDQ&amp;export=download\">https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMnWXJpUTNNNnJnZDQ&amp;export=download<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TWRP for Tecno L5: <a href=\"https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMnTEp2Q0RZTkU4T1k&amp;export=download\">https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMnTEp2Q0RZTkU4T1k&amp;export=download<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TWRP for Tecno Phantom 5: <a href=\"https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMnNV84WlRoSHd0ZkU&amp;export=download\">https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMnNV84WlRoSHd0ZkU&amp;export=download<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TWRP for Infinix Note 2 X600: <a href=\"https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMnVnVFdVZaQ3ZXbXRxaUNZRW1Pa3M4OFdiUnRF&amp;export=download\">https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMnVnVFdVZaQ3ZXbXRxaUNZRW1Pa3M4OFdiUnRF&amp;export=download<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TWRP for Gionee P2M \/ M2 Mini: <a href=\"https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMnTFlZRVF6UmNDek0&amp;export=download\">https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMnTFlZRVF6UmNDek0&amp;export=download<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TWRP for Gionee M5: <a href=\"https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMnWmE2dW1rTFY3LXRUUlVRVUEyZWtXaUVjSlo4&amp;export=download\">https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMnWmE2dW1rTFY3LXRUUlVRVUEyZWtXaUVjSlo4&amp;export=download<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TWRP for Gionee M3 Mini: <a href=\"https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMnTnZVMExfX3BkMVZ5clJKYlZSTlhTMTV0NVJv&amp;export=download\">https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?id=0B9srKhKuVIMnTnZVMExfX3BkMVZ5clJKYlZSTlhTMTV0NVJv&amp;export=download<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hovatek&#8230;.just a button away!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Mediatek (MTK) devices running on Android 5 (Lollipop) have proven difficult for our favorite One-Click Root apps\u00a0to successfully root. Pending when these apps will be updated with the necessary exploits to do the job, Team Hovatek has been busy providing an alternative method; TWRP and CWM. How do I root my MTK Android [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[818],"tags":[20,126],"class_list":["post-2959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutorials","tag-android","tag-tutorials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}